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Hi, there was site icons near link, but now its not showing, how to get back the feature

Hi, there was site icons near link, but now its not showing, how to get back the feature

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Hi vdeepan1297, do you mean in a Firefox list such as bookmarks or history, or in a web page?

For Firefox lists of bookmarks and history, the icons are accumulated over time. If they suddenly stop showing all at once, it could indicate a problem with the database file used to store those icons, which is named favicons.sqlite. Could you let us know what you get when you run the "Verify Integrity" function? That's here:

Open Firefox's Troubleshooting Information page using any of these methods:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Near the bottom, there is a section titled Places Database -- that's the file which stores history and bookmarks. Click the button labeled Verify Integrity. There may be a 10-15 second delay before results appear.

If all is well, the report that appears below the button should start with:

> Task: checkIntegrity
+ The places.sqlite database is sane
+ The favicons.sqlite database is sane

Does yours say that, or something else? You can select and copy the report, and then paste it into a reply for review and comment.