Favicon not working - shows only the page icon

The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring (34.0.0.12)
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Linux 6.12.87-Unraid x86_64
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • nginx/1.28.3
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • NGINX Proxy Manager v2.14.0 (Docker)
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • 8.4.16
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • can’t tell :frowning:
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • Docker on unRAID(linuxserver)
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • Cloudflare Tunnel

Summary of the issue you are facing:

When I open the Webinterface, the only Favicon I get is the Icon of the current page. Switching from Dashboard to Calender to Photos changes the Favicon to the respective icon. The Dashboard-Favicon is also now in my Browsers Bookmark Bar, instead of my own.

However, in the Admin Settings, I do have a custom Favicon set (and I had that for years). I tried deleting it, and then re-setting: no help.

Screenshots as examples (Dashboard and Calender) are provided (the Calender month is in english even though my server is in german, but that seems to be a different issue)

I also deactivated the custom-per-user Design, just to make sure it’s not that.

Steps to replicate it

  1. Open the Web UI

  2. See the Favicon not being the one set in Settings

  3. go to Theming settings

  4. see your Favicon set

  5. delete, re-upload

  6. go back to the Dashboard: no custom Favicon

Log entries

Nextcloud

Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.

there's no log entries regarding this issue

Web Browser

If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector Console and Network tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.

there's no errors or mentiones of favicon

Web server / Reverse Proxy

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

nothing here either :(

Configuration

Nextcloud

The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):

occ config:list system

Apps

The output of occ app:list (if possible).

root@xxxxxxx:/# php /app/www/public/occ app:list
Enabled:

  • activity: 7.0.0

  • appstore: 1.0.0

  • bruteforcesettings: 7.0.0

  • calendar: 6.4.2

  • cloud_federation_api: 1.18.0

  • comments: 1.24.0

  • contacts: 8.7.0

  • contactsinteraction: 1.15.0

  • dashboard: 7.14.0

  • dav: 1.39.0

  • federatedfilesharing: 1.24.0

  • federation: 1.24.0

  • files: 2.6.0

  • files_downloadlimit: 5.2.0-dev.0

  • files_lock: 34.0.0

  • files_pdfviewer: 7.0.0-dev.0

  • files_reminders: 1.7.0

  • files_sharing: 1.26.0

  • files_trashbin: 1.24.0

  • files_versions: 1.27.0

  • firstrunwizard: 7.0.0-dev.0

  • integration_notion: 2.0.2

  • logreader: 7.0.0

  • lookup_server_connector: 1.22.0

  • nextcloud_announcements: 6.0.0

  • notes: 6.0.0

  • notifications: 7.0.0-dev.1

  • oauth2: 1.22.0

  • office: 1.0.0

  • password_policy: 6.0.0-dev.0

  • photos: 7.0.0

  • privacy: 6.0.0-dev.1

  • profile: 1.3.0

  • provisioning_api: 1.24.0

  • recommendations: 7.0.0-dev.0

  • related_resources: 5.0.0-dev.0

  • serverinfo: 6.0.0

  • settings: 1.17.0

  • sharebymail: 1.24.0

  • support: 6.0.0

  • survey_client: 6.0.0-dev.0

  • systemtags: 1.24.0

  • text: 8.0.0

  • theming: 2.9.0

  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.23.0

  • twofactor_totp: 16.0.0

  • user_status: 1.14.0

  • viewer: 7.0.0-dev.0

  • weather_status: 1.14.0

  • webhook_listeners: 1.6.0

  • workflowengine: 2.16.0
    Disabled:

  • admin_audit: 1.24.0

  • app_api: 34.0.0 (installed 32.0.0)

  • cadviewer: 10.10.7 (installed 10.10.7)

  • camerarawpreviews: 0.9.0 (installed 0.9.0)

  • circles: 34.0.0 (installed 23.1.0)

  • encryption: 2.22.0

  • files_3dmodelviewer: 0.0.16 (installed 0.0.16)

  • files_external: 1.26.0

  • files_rightclick: 1.6.0 (installed 1.6.0)

  • hedgenext: 0.0.15 (installed 0.0.15)

  • mail: 5.5.15 (installed 5.5.15)

  • registration: 2.9.0 (installed 2.9.0)

  • richdocuments: 9.0.1 (installed 9.0.1)

  • suspicious_login: 12.0.0-dev.0

  • testing: 1.23.0

  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 8.0.0

  • updatenotification: 1.24.0 (installed 1.17.0)

  • user_ldap: 1.25.0

    Screenshot 2026-06-12 215133

    Screenshot 2026-06-12 215140

I have the same issue on my fresh manual install on Rocky 9.8. Theming is using Logo (3rd option) image to show as Favicon only on login screen, completely ignoring Favicon image (2nd option). After login, favicon changes to app icon.

Hi there @spaceshooter ,

that is an interesting find. And you are right: when I logout, I get a favicon “interpretation” of the uploaded logo and my accent colour.

Screenshot 2026-06-21 163914

However, the supplied Favicon is not white, but orange, and has no colour around it:

I learned that this behaviour is meant to be standard for some months (years?) now, unless you supply your own Favicon, which I obviously did (I also deleted/re-uploaded it a few times now).

I doubt that Nextcloud wants to force their CI-interpretation of my logo upon us, so it feels a bit like a bug? I can’t find anything on Google on the matter. I even asked an AI, and it told me “someone else also has this issue”, and linked me this very thread of myself, haha :slight_smile:

There was an update for my Docker yesterday, I installed that, now I am on Nextcloud 34.0.0.12; unfortunately this didn’t fix anything on the matter :frowning:

Best Regards

//edit as a quick test, I removed the 2nd image from the bottom, titled “Logo” in the screenshot. Doing that, the favicon when logged out is the Nextcloud Logo on my accent colour. It seems a bit like a bug to me that Favicon is ignored; or it is expected behvaiour and the Favicon is deactivated, but I can’t imagine that

Screenshot 2026-06-21 164738

I just updated to 34.0.1.2, and it seems the issue resolved itself. At least now, my Favicon is shown before and after login :slight_smile:

Best Regards