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Convert SVG to ICO using ImageMagick, with transparent background and multi-size icons

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convert -density 256x256 -background transparent favicon.svg -define icon:auto-resize -colors 256 favicon.ico

23W commented Sep 22, 2025

@GarfieldDeepClone it could be that your source SVG has white background

pa-0 commented Sep 23, 2025

is anyone else noticing that the icon size is always ~300kb when using imagemagick? This seems a bit excessive.

iwan-uschka commented Apr 12, 2026

I ran into the same problem as @pa-0 described but managed to decrease the file size by defining the sizes i want to have like @gsilvan pointed out.

randolf commented Jun 5, 2026

@GarfieldDeepClone it could be that your source SVG has white background

I have the same problem, and the SVG has a transparent background. (It was generated by InkScape's "Save as plain SVG" and I tested it with different backgrounds to confirm that the background is transparent.)

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