Title: WP Favicon Remover
Author: Hiroaki Miyashita
Published: <strong>أڥريل 6, 2020</strong>
Last modified: نوفمبر 22, 2025

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 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.

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# 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://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-favicon-remover/#installation)
 * [Development](https://arq.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/) جوان 11, 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/) جوان 5, 2020

Nothing to complain about, lightweight and to the point!

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-favicon-remover/reviews/)

## Contributors & 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).

## Changelog

#### 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://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/delete/)[favicon](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/favicon/)
   [ico](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ico/)[WordPress](https://arq.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://arq.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

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