# Are the website logos in "Favorites" supposed to disappear? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 24, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407 "2004-12-24T00:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/1 "2004-12-24T00:18:27Z")
Often when I add a major website to my Favorites in Internet Explorer, I get a little logo to the left of the website on the pull-down menu (eBay, Yahoo!, Google, Drudge Report, etc.) I started noticing that they tend to disappear after awhile, replaced by a generic IE logo. Is this normal? If not, what’s causing the logos to disappear? Is there a way to make the little logos stay? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/2 "2004-12-24T00:22:00Z")
Usually, that is caused by a 'cookie"- did you- or a Spyware blocker- remove any? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/3 "2004-12-24T00:26:47Z")
[Download the free FavOrg utility](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,13999,00.asp): > [@](#): > > The biggest problem with favicons is that they are not persistent. If you empty your Temporary Internet Files folder, the icons are lost. The only way to restore a favicon is to delete the link from the Favorites folder and recreate it. Also, favicons are not recognized under Version 4 of Internet Explorer, and Internet Explorer 5 sometimes fails to download the favicon automatically. > > This issue’s utility, FavOrg, scans the Web sites in your Favorites list for favicons and makes your favicons persistent. It works with IE 6.0 as well. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/4 "2004-12-24T01:06:19Z")
It’s probably because of my emptying the temporary settings folder and restarting my computer after it froze earlier today, not any spyware issues. Another one of life’s little mysteries cleared up. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/5 "2004-12-24T01:08:22Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Usually, that is caused by a 'cookie"- did you- or a Spyware blocker- remove any? I haven’t heard that. How are the Favorites Icons linked to cookies? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/6 "2004-12-24T01:32:45Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > Is this normal? If not, what’s causing the logos to disappear? Is there a way to make the little logos stay? Judging from **Fear Itself** ’s quote, I suspect IE just places those logos in its cache like any other file, and when they expire from the cache, the logo disappears. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/7 "2004-12-24T02:03:00Z")
Exactly right. Cookies have zero to do with it. the favorite icon is just a file in the cache, and when it ages off or is deleted, it’s gone. The favorg utility mentioned, and the dozens of others like it, simply copy the icon files from the cache to another folder under the utility’s control, and update the favorites shortcuts to point to the copy in the new folder. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/8 "2004-12-24T04:16:10Z")
Or you could switch to Firefox which keeps them automatically. Also, it’s way more betterer. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-website-logos-in-favorites-supposed-to-disappear/281407/9 "2004-12-24T08:11:52Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > Or you could switch to Firefox which keeps them automatically. Also, it’s way more betterer. Mine doesn’t. I have cleaned my temp files ( cookies and such ) for Firefox and I now have generic symbols…