How to Show the Website Icon on Safari for iPhone, iPad and Mac

This step-by-step guide explains how to show the website icon on safari for iPhone, iPad and mac. It covers the required setup, the main actions, and the checks that help prevent common problems.

With macOS Mojave and iOS 12, users can view website icons (favicon) on Safari tabs of iPhone, iPad and macOS. Although the interface is not nice, but the favicon helps you find tabs more easily and quickly (especially for those who open multiple tabs at once).

By default, this option will be turned off on both macOS and iOS operating systems. So to use it, you have to turn it on manually. Here's how to turn on the web icon in Safari.

List of devices upgraded to iOS 12

What is Favicons?

Favicon is a small icon that appears on tabs of most popular web browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome. However, up to now, you can only view favicon in Safari if the tab you are using is pinned. The favicon is a useful way to quickly find tabs, instead of having to read its name (the name of the tab may be hidden, if you have too many tabs open). Finally Safari has a full view of the Favicon icons on tabs.

How to View the Favicon Icon on Safari Tabs in macOS Mojave

Open Safari From the Dock bar or the Apps folder.
Select Preferences In the menu.
Select Tab .
Check the box next to the Show website icons in tabs option .

How to View the Favicon Icon on Safari Tabs in iOS 12

Open Settings On iPhone or iPad.
Select Safari .
Turn on the switch next to the Show Icons in Tabs option.

So in a few steps you can see the icons of the website on Safari, quick search of the needed tabs will become easier. Note that this feature is currently only available on devices running iOS 12, and macOS Mojave, if your device runs the lower version of the operating system, update the operating system first.