# How can i change a favicon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-favicon/358039 "2006-05-24T16:23:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-favicon/358039/1 "2006-05-24T16:23:11Z")
I use Firefox, and somehow, the favicon for SDMB has become the same one as for one of the newspapers in my bookmarks? How do I get this fixed? Thanks to all the smarter people than I that know this… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-favicon/358039/2 "2006-05-24T16:55:51Z")
It doesn’t look like the SDMB has a favicon at all (not all websites have them). Mine is set to the default; yours probably is, too. The favicon is chosen and set by the site. I don’t think you have any say. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-favicon/358039/3 "2006-05-24T17:15:47Z")
Oh, I know it’s set by the site. I used to have the default there, but how would it have gotten switched to one from a completely unrelated site? It’s annoying more than anything. Is there a file or setting in Firefox that I can reset them through? Maybe that would fix this… ---
**Author:** ![tommymannion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@tommymannion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tommymannion)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-change-a-favicon/358039/4 "2006-05-24T21:12:35Z")
wow this is my first post…yey anyway i’am not too sure exactly why this happens maybe its due to a bug within firefox but thankfully there is a cure. The following link \ will take you to a site with a bunch of info on the subject and the solution software. however please ensure that download the correct software for the version of firefox you are currently using. 🙂 [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=321562](http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=321562)