You can check these prefs on the about:config page to make sure they are still default. browser.chrome.favicons browser.chrome.site_icons

I think the globe appears if you haven't visited the site for a long time, or if for some reason the icons file was cleared out.

Now that you mention it, I'm noticing a lot of globes. This symbol used to be more subtle and now it's huge (must be a Firefox 60 thing).

Thanks for the reply . As stated the globe image is unrelated to the site and even if I delete the bookmark and then bookmark it again I get the same globe . It is not related to not being used.

FredMcD said

You can check these prefs on the about:config page to make sure they are still default. browser.chrome.favicons browser.chrome.site_icons

I checked and they are showing true . Is that the default ?

On the about:config page, anything in BOLD is not the default setting.

Try to rename/remove favicons.sqlite in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed to reset all favicons. You need to visit each bookmark to make Firefox retrieve the favicon.

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

• Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:
  Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

FredMcD said

On the about:config page, anything in BOLD is not the default setting.

Thanks for the help . I am not very familiar with this and you assistance is appreciated. My main concern is my banking bookmark has this favicon also and that is used frequently. There are a lot of bold ,being darker black, but not the ones you had suggested.

cor-el said

Try to rename/remove favicons.sqlite in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed to reset all favicons. You need to visit each bookmark to make Firefox retrieve the favicon. You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

• Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:
  Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

Thanks for that . I have deleted that favicon.sqlite and it seems to work but not for all . I will keep trying as I have to close the browser and start again to get it to load the favicon. I will mark as solved when finished . Thanks

cor-el said

Try to rename/remove favicons.sqlite in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed to reset all favicons. You need to visit each bookmark to make Firefox retrieve the favicon. You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.

• Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:
  Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

This has worked but I had a lot of problems and was a slow process until I realized that if I changed settings to remember history, never on , it worked straight away . So , thanks for the help . Much appreciated