# Fav Icon Refresher

> Fav Icon Refresher

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fav-icon-refresher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fav-icon-refresher)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fav-icon-refresher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** EdCordata
- **Category:** appearance,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 595
- **Weekly downloads:** 53
- **Rating:** 3.43 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-07
- **First published:** 2023-11-13
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [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](https://gitlab.com/EdCordata-REPOS/Browser-Extensions/Firefox/Fav-Icon-Refresher)

## Description

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 This is especially helpful when fav icons are outdated or not displaying correctly.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.

## Rankings

- #4,492 — Overall
- #143 — Bookmarks
- #7 — icon
- #13 — refresh
- #21 — auto refresh
- #154 — wait

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `bookmarks`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `*://*/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fav-icon-refresher)