Title: WP Favicon Remover Author: Hiroaki Miyashita Published: 6 April 2020 Last modified: 22 November 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-favicon-remover/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2277931) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest three major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-favicon-remover/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2277931) # WP Favicon Remover By [Hiroaki Miyashita](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hiroaki-miyashita/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-favicon-remover.1.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#description) * [Reviews](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#reviews) * [Installation](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#installation) * [Development](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/) ## Description The WP Favicon Remover plugin adds the functionality to remove the WordPress default favicon since WordPress 5.4. If the favicon does not change after the plugin install, you have to clear the browser cache. If you use Site Icon via Theme Customizer, just uninstall this plugin. #### Documentation in Japanese [WP Favicon Remover](https://wpgogo.com/plugin/wp_favicon_remover.html) ### Known Issues / Bugs Nothing. ### Uninstall 1. Deactivate the plugin 2. That’s it! 🙂 ## Installation 1. Copy the `wp-favicon-remover` directory into your `wp-content/plugins` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it! 🙂 ## FAQ Nothing. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1c06c813f2720f919d2f55689e5164533ba1aa3f2fa6c41296b74aa831866fc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simple and quick](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-quick-29/)󠁿 [janramroth](https://profiles.wordpress.org/janramroth/) 11 June 2020 removes default WordPress Favicon ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/05e07b9163fe64459d473b02b84f87979133717c7b895ee038f1e0ad1b01b2bc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-905/)󠁿 [Daniel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/quickliq/) 5 June 2020 Nothing to complain about, lightweight and to the point! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/) ## Contributors and Developers “WP Favicon Remover” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Hiroaki Miyashita ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hiroaki-miyashita/) “WP Favicon Remover” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-favicon-remover/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Favicon Remover” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-favicon-remover) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-favicon-remover/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-favicon-remover/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-favicon-remover/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-favicon-remover/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Change Log #### 1.0.3 * Bugfix: 404 error. #### 1.0.2 * readme.txt #### 1.0.1 * URI update. #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.3** * Last updated **11 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.11** * PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/), [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/) and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-favicon-remover) * Tags * [delete](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete/)[favicon](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/favicon/) [ico](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ico/)[WordPress](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress/) * [Advanced View](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Hiroaki Miyashita ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hiroaki-miyashita/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WN7Y2442JPRU6)