local (file://) website favicon works in Firefox, not in Chrome or Safari- why?

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The Question

When my website is local (using the file:// protocol), the favicon doesn\'t show up in Chrome or Safari, but it works in Firefox (all on a

Answer 1

This is a known issue for years. Your code is right, and I don't think you'll find any way to allow Chrome or IE to include a favicon with a non-remotely way.

Some time ago, I tried a lot of ways, none works, and I wasn't able to find any browser documentation on this point.

For Chrome, favicons are stored in a file : User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons. We can guess local favicons aren't stored in.