How to prevent favicon.ico requests?

Question

I don\'t have a favicon.ico, but my browser always makes a request for it.

Is it possible to prevent the browser from making a request for the favicon from my site? M

Answer 1

A very simple solution is put the below code in your .htaccess. I had the same issue and it solve my problem.

    RedirectMatch 403 favicon.ico

Reference: http://perishablepress.com/block-favicon-url-404-requests/