How to Force the Refresh of Website Favicon

Favicon, acronym for favorite icon, which is also known as shortcut icon, website icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is an important image that provides a graphical identification for a website for easy recognition on browser’s window, tab or shortcut, favorite or bookmark.

Favicon may be changed by webmaster on re-branding or redesign of the site. Or no favicon was created during the initial creation of the new site or blog, where no icon or generic favicon is shown instead. In any case, a web browser may or may not refresh the newly updated favicon to replace the old favicon despite the favicon.ico file has been updated.
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