Removal of Favicons?

If you use Onyx you can prevent them being created in the first place - as well as deleting the ones you have.

The easiest way to delete these Favicons is to trash the 'Icon folder'

You will find it here >User>HOme_Folder>Library>Icons

Trash the whole folder an relaunch Safari. Now go back to the path above an select the Icon folder with command-i (get info).

Now set the folder to 'Only read'

Empty the trash can ...

Good luck ...

Dimaxum

Hi Dimaxum

you meant >user>Home_Folder>Library> Safari>Icons I think - unless things've changed in Leopard.


btw, a simple Terminal command disables icons too, defaults write com.apple.safari WebIconDatabaseEnabled 0 change the 0 to a 1 to re-enable them. This doesn't delete the existing ones.

Hi Andy,

Not in my system OSX Tiger the pad is User>Home_Folder>Library>Icons

In the Safari folder there is NO Icon folder. I believe it was in Panther.

Dimaxum

Hi

Adding my voice to the chorus. 🙂

In Safari Leopard, the Favicons reside in ~/Library/Safari. The file is WebpageIcons.db. This data base file can be locked to prevent the favicons from loading. First, via the Finder, go to the Safari folder and trash the existing file. Next, restart, then quit Safari. A new favicon database file ought to have been created (haven't tried this so please check. If one isn't created, restart Safari and enter Yahoo.com in the address window. Then Quit Safari).

Now go to the Safari folder and single-click on the WebpageIcons.db file, then Command/I keys to open the Info panel. There, change the permissions for your Admin Account to read only. Then, check the "locked" box. Close the panel, restart Safari.

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One other note, as Klaus pointed out, you can use OnyX to disable the Icons. If you haven't done so, you'll need to install the recently released Leopard version of OnyX. When OnyX is open, go to the Parameters panel>Safari. There, uncheck Bookmark Icons, then quit OnyX and restart Safari.

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Message was edited by: Hawaiian_Starman

Hi

well, I'm on Tiger too, 10.4.10 though - & yes, there is a folder 'Icons' in Home/Library/ but it ain't the one used for Safari icons, not here anyway.

However, the icon folder location ca be set in com.apple.safari.plist WebIconDatabaseDirectoryDefaultsKey = "~/Library/Safari/Icons" so maybe different versions of Tiger used different locations ??

Regardless, useful to note that it seems to vary, and can be changed by the user or a 3rd party add-on.

or a 3rd party add-on

Like Onyx, which I think I mentioned....! 😉

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I know you were Andy, just I would come full circle! 🙂

And one more voice to add to the mix 😉

In Safari Leopard, the Favicons reside in ~/Library/Safari. The file is WebpageIcons.db

The same is true for Safari 3 on OS X 10.4.11.

How stupid of me, sorry ...

Dimaxum

deleting the file "webpageIcons.db" in User>Library>Safari, then quitting Safari, then locking the file, then starting Safari does not seem to work. This file is locked for me but it's still putting these ridiculous favicons on my dropdowns and bookmarks. Is there something I'm doing wrong?