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Why have some tab icons changed to a green leaf?

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  • Last reply by GrahamW-J

When I log on to the net the Mozilla Firefox Start page tab comes up as normal, with the little blue and orange icon. I use BBC web pages and AOL frequently, so these are pinned there also. Their icons, on their respective tabs were, BBC and AOL, each in black and white, in a little square. These two icons have each suddenly changed to look like a little green leaf. How can I recover the proper icons, please?

When I log on to the net the Mozilla Firefox Start page tab comes up as normal, with the little blue and orange icon. I use BBC web pages and AOL frequently, so these are pinned there also. Their icons, on their respective tabs were, BBC and AOL, each in black and white, in a little square. These two icons have each suddenly changed to look like a little green leaf. How can I recover the proper icons, please?

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They may have changed their icons. Check with their support.


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

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தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது

They may have changed their icons. Check with their support.


Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.

  • Clear the Cache and
  • Remove Cookies
    Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.

Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.

  • Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
  • Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.

If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;

Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.

Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.

Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?

Then restart.

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file (bookmarks, history) in the Firefox profile folder.

Try to reload the favicon with this extension:

Thank you, FredMcD. Your solution solved the problem. The favicons are showing correctly. Thank you also to Cor-el; seems like I may not require your solution, but I'll have a look at those sites anyway. Good to see there's so much volunteer help available when necessary. Thanks again, both.