Fav Icon Refresher

Name: Fav Icon Refresher
Rating: 3.4286 (7 reviews)
Author: EdCordata

By: EdCordata

Fav Icon Refresher

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Features & Capabilities

Fav Icon Refresher is a Firefox extension designed to update your bookmark fav icons efficiently. It opens each bookmark in a new tab, downloads the favicon manually, and forces Firefox to refresh it. If the favicon is missing or cannot be downloaded from the site, the extension attempts to retrieve it using Google's services. This is especially helpful when fav icons are outdated or not displaying correctly.

Using Fav Icon Refresher is straightforward: simply install the extension, click its toolbar icon, then click the 'Refresh all Fav icons' button. The extension handles the rest, making the process hassle-free. Note that pages requiring login or protected by CloudFlare may need manual login to refresh icons properly. The extension's source code is open and available for review on GitLab, ensuring transparency and community trust.

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Version:

1.4 Last updated: 2024-04-07

Version code:

5717023

Creation date:

2023-11-13

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Size:

13.81KB

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 5,042 ▲ 44

Other rankings

#168 in Bookmarks ▲ 1#7 in icon keyword 15 #13 in refresh keyword 70 #19 in auto refresh keyword 69 #165 in wait keyword 4 ▲ 4

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Developed by:

EdCordata

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fav-icon-refresher/

Website:

https://gitlab.com/EdCordata-REPOS/Browser-Extensions/Firefox/Fav-Icon-Refresher

Permission Change History

2024-04-07: Version 1.3 → 1.4

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User Reviews

It works for a couple hundred bookmarks then stops. There's another plugin for the same purpose that works properly, and can also be paused if needed.

by De*****, 2025-06-24

Did exactly what I needed - found and cached the favicons of 1000 old bookmarks.

by Fi*****, 2025-06-10

Worked great for ~3,500 bookmarks. Process takes time, as it has to open every site and wait for the favicon to download

by Da*****, 2025-05-02

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Is Fav Icon Refresher Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Fav Icon Refresher requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Fav Icon Refresher has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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