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Why does Firefox display the Google icon for Youtube in bookmarks and in history?

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For some reason several months ago Firefox changed my Youtube bookmark icon to a Google icon. This also happens in Firefox history. It's very confusing and silly.

For some reason several months ago Firefox changed my Youtube bookmark icon to a Google icon. This also happens in Firefox history. It's very confusing and silly.

Chosen solution

You can refresh the favicons in the following way:

  1. Close firefox, delete %AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<your profile>\favicons.sqlite
  2. Reopen Firefox and visit the site in your bookmarks, it should now have the correct icon.

If this solved your problem, please mark as solution!

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Chosen Solution

You can refresh the favicons in the following way:

  1. Close firefox, delete %AppData%\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<your profile>\favicons.sqlite
  2. Reopen Firefox and visit the site in your bookmarks, it should now have the correct icon.

If this solved your problem, please mark as solution!

Thank you. Problem solved. It did wipe out all my bookmark icons but if that's what it takes that's what it takes. Cheers!