Favicons for bookmarks broken since Edge v149 update

📣 Update, 26 June 2026:

❌ As of the latest 149.0.4022.98 update, the missing bookmark icons remains unfixed.  Continue to set Edge not to clear your "browsing history" whenever you close it as the workaround.

✔ As of the 149.0.4022.80 update, these issues were resolved:
• "Create QR code for this page" feature works again
• "Browsing history" in the "Clear browsing data" menu isn't always stuck on "Calculating..."

✔ As of the 149.0.4022.62 update, these issues were resolved:
• moving the mouse-pointer to the top of the screen when Edge is in full-screen mode once-again shows the tabs, and URL bar, and you can use the double-arrow icon to exit full-screen mode;
• when users saved files to network-locations (\\server\share\folder), Edge would not open either the downloaded files, or the folder they were saved into; online reports said the .62 update fixed this

Hi

now 3rd attempt to post here. none of the posts show.

anyway. I updated to .80. turned on Browsing clear. closed and opened. the Calculating feature was still locked. up. I closed things down and came back 2 hours later and ALL my favicons are GONE again. and calculating is still calculating.

This .80 update is back to the future.

geeezzzzzzzzzzzzz

Me too. I have also lost my string of icons. It is really annoying. I have tried both Claude and ChatGPT for solutions without success. Has anyone been able to get their favicons reinstated following this problematic update from Microsoft? I would be grateful for the steps to take. I am not that PC literate at age 66!

Yes is is happening to me, new page new favourite the favicon does not appear. I give it enough time. Seems to have happened since last microsoft update. I am not great in computer terms can anyone let microsoft know that this is happening. Thanks

I had 4 persons from support they tried to fix the issue, but each person made it worse. They had no clue hope its fixed soon! 

Yes but that post to UNcheck Browsing History ON CLOSE seems to work for now. sooner to later they will fix it. in the meantime once a week clear your history manually.

yeah me too, but my started after a HUGE Windows 11 security update AND Edge so I don't know which is to blame. All I do know is that making Edge users go crazy trying to fix this is just ANOTHE microsoft disgrace. Been there done that.

We need a fix and an acknowledgment that this is NOT US.

And you may notice that the favcon's still exist on your Favorites bar. If you add a NEW Fav there it will work. If you try to add the same favcon to your Start Menu or Taskbar - IT DOES NOT WORK. - no icon.

THIS IS NOT US

🚨 Update: workaround for the favicon issue

After testing, it seems in Edge v149 if you have "browsing history" set to clear each time you exit Edge, this is what causes the favicons to not appear, and also for some existing bookmarks to lose theirs.

To check, go to Menu > Settings > Privacy, search and services > Clear browsing data > "Choose what to clear every time you close the browser" (or enter edge://settings/privacy/clearBrowsingData/clearOnClose in the URL bar, then hit enter to go straight there).

If "browsing history" is enabled there, turn it off (the dot should be on the left) and favicons should then start working.  If not, you may need to either (1) close Edge, and delete your current "Favicons" and "Favicons-journal" files, then reboot or (2) create a new profile in Edge (which means having to export your passwords, bookmarks, saved addresses and save payment cards, then reimport them 😬).

Hopefully Microsoft can get this sorted, either by restoring the pre-v149 behaviour, or by adding a new "keep favicons when clearing browsing history" option, as currently the workaround means having to keep your browsing history recorded.  However, you can clear this (from the Edge menu, click "Clear browsing data" and then set time-range to "All time" and make sure "Browsing history" is checked; it's up to you if you wish to check any other options there), and from my testing, the favicons do not disappear.  It is only if you ask Edge to clear the browsing history when you exit the browser that causes the issue.

💡 To find where your Edge profile is located, type edge://profile-internals/ in the URL bar, then press ENTER.  Then click on the "Default" or "Profile 1" heading, then look next to "Profile path".  In that folder is where you should find the "favicons" and "favicons-journal" files you can delete.  Make sure Edge is fully-closed first, and I'd also suggest doing a reboot after deleting them.

💡 If you have more than one profile, tap the profile icon in the top-right to see which you're currently using.

Just had an update to Edge, and it's now on version 149.0.4022.62, and the missing favicon issue is still present.

These are also other known-issues with the v149 release:

Cannot open files saved on a network-path: if you download a file directly to a network location (\\server\sharename\folder-path) then Edge errors when you try to open the file, or open that folder

Create QR code for this page not working: after clicking that option on the right-click menu of any webpage, nothing happens

History cannot be cleared: when you bring up the "Clear browsing data" dialog, the "Browsing history" item at the top is stuck on "Calculating..." and never completes

History not showing all entries: people report their history is only showing a few days or a week's worth of sites, not the number of days it is set to record for

Tracking Protection in "balanced" mode may not be as effective as v148 and earlier: some reports of users claiming Edge v148 seemed to block more ads and trackers (though the "strict" setting seems unaffected)

Window controls no-longer accessible in full-screen mode: it used to be possible to move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen when Edge is in full-screen and use the "restore" control to exit; now the window controls never show, so only pressing ESC twice, or F11 once, can exit full-screen

Not-sure if Microsoft switched to vibe-coding for this v149 release, but it does seem rather buggy...

Workaround provided by "glasskuter" in win11 forums, I tested this and it has fixed the issue until MS programmers get a clue. What happened to QA?

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/favorites-icons-disappeared.47349/

On desktop create a shortcut with target of

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --disable-features=msEdgeFaviconService

May or may not work completely, most of my icons were restored, visiting sites with broken ones restored some but not all.

Follow up: After a couple hours icons started diappearing again from favs, so this does not work either.

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