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Asked: 2026-06-04T05:03:29+00:00

I have a REST-like web service that is deployed on Tomcat. There is no

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I have a REST-like web service that is deployed on Tomcat. There is no HTML in my servlet response; it’s XML. I’d like to use my own favicon.ico instead of the Tomcat default.

If I place the file at webapps/myWebApp/favicon.ico, it doesn’t load. I still get the Tomcat default. Going to http://localhost/myWebApp/favicon.ico shows that the file is indeed in place.

If I replace the file at webapps/ROOT/favicon.ico, then I get my new favicon. This isn’t ideal because I’d like to package the favicon.ico in my war file and ideally wouldn’t want other web apps to use my favicon.ico anyways.

Is there a better way to get my new favicon recognized?

For the record, I’m using Tomcat 7 and between each test, I restart Tomcat, clear my browser cache, and restart my browser.

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  1. Editorial Team

    That’s not how “favicon” works: you either have to specify the URL of the favorite-icon to use (using <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”http://example.com/myicon.ico” />) or put your favicon.ico file into the root of the server.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon#Accessibility

    So, since you are serving XML, you only have the one option.

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