How to clear the icon cache of Chromium browser

Question

I updated my website's icon that shows at a tab of a browser. I cleared the data of the chromium browser (Ubuntu's version of Chrome):

'clear browsing data'->select 'from the beginning of time' and check everything->click 'clear browsing data'

However, I am still getting my old icon.

Any idea of how to clear that cache?

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '13 at 01:51

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Open the favicon URL in another tab and do a Shift+Reload to fix this issue.

For example if Favicon URL is http://www.example.com/favicon.ico, open it in a new tab and do Shift+Reload.

answered Jan 12 '13 at 01:51

Pankaj

Since I ended up here from a google search, I'll add that this technique works in other operating systems too (in particular, Mac OS) – Matthew Leingang Jun 21 '16 at 00:42
What do you mean by "Reload"? – Sashko Lykhenko Jan 22 '17 at 21:17
"Reload" can be a dedicated key, or F5, or Ctrl+R. So e.g. Shift+F5 or Shift+Ctrl+R. – idupree Apr 15 '17 at 17:15
This doesn't work for me. Still see it. Even after opening dev console, then right clicking on refresh -> Hard Refresh and Empty Cache.. I still see it – stevec Oct 06 '20 at 05:10

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '21 at 18:34

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You can send a different version of the same ico with a random get var (if your file is a .php)

<link href="ico.png?v=<?php echo rand(9999999,9999999999);?>" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon"/>

answered Mar 06 '21 at 18:34

JTCon

The accepted answer did not work for me. This one worked. – Alphy Gacheru Sep 12 '21 at 14:40

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