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ICO (Windows Icon) is the standard image format for desktop icons, favicons, and application shortcuts on Windows. A single ICO file can contain multiple image sizes (16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 256x256) embedded together, allowing Windows to select the appropriate resolution for each display context — taskbar, desktop, file explorer, and high-DPI screens. Converting JPG to ICO takes your photograph or graphic and produces a multi-resolution icon file ready for use in Windows applications, websites, and software projects.
Favicons — the small icons displayed in browser tabs and bookmark lists — are the most common use case. While modern browsers accept PNG and SVG favicons, the ICO format remains the most universally supported option, working in Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and every other browser. A properly generated ICO favicon ensures your website displays its icon consistently across all platforms and browser versions.
Websites need favicons, and ICO is the only format guaranteed to work in every browser including legacy Internet Explorer versions. While you can use PNG favicons with a `<link>` tag, the classic `/favicon.ico` file at the site root is the fallback that browsers check automatically. Converting a JPG logo or image to ICO with multiple embedded sizes ensures your favicon looks sharp at every resolution.
Windows desktop applications, installers, and shortcuts require ICO format for their icons. If you are developing software, creating a desktop shortcut, or customizing folder icons on Windows, ICO is the only accepted format. The multi-size embedding means a single ICO file serves the 16x16 taskbar icon, the 32x32 desktop icon, and the 256x256 high-DPI icon without separate files.
The converter resizes the source JPG to multiple standard icon sizes (16x16, 32x32, 48x48) and embeds them all within a single ICO container. For sizes up to 48x48, the image data is stored as BMP within the ICO. The resizing uses Lanczos3 resampling for the sharpest possible downscaling results. The source JPG should ideally be square — non-square images are center-cropped to a 1:1 aspect ratio before resizing.
Quality depends heavily on the source image content. Photographs with fine detail lose clarity when shrunk to 16x16 or 32x32 pixels — icon design typically uses simple, bold shapes for this reason. For best results, start with a simple graphic or logo on a solid background. Complex photographs become unrecognizable at small icon sizes. The 256x256 size retains good detail and is used for Windows Vista+ large icon views.
| Device | JPG | ICO |
|---|---|---|
| Windows PC | Native | Native |
| macOS | Native | Partial |
| iPhone/iPad | Native | Partial |
| Android | Native | Partial |
| Linux | Partial | Partial |
| Web Browser | Native |
JPG to ICO conversion produces multi-resolution Windows icons and web favicons from your source image. For best results, use simple graphics with bold shapes rather than detailed photographs, since icons are viewed at very small sizes.
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| Feature | JPG | ICO |
|---|---|---|
| Full Name | JPEG Image | Windows Icon |
| Extension | .jpg | .ico |
| Best For | Universal support | Windows icons |