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user2573222
user2573222

Reputation: 207

Rails 4 favicon in localhost

I created a favicon for a rails app I've built a month ago. Now I'm working on a new app without a particular favicon, yet every time I go to localhost:3000 the old favicon appears. I know it really doesn't matter and it won't appear in production but it bugs me. Can anyone explain why it keeps showing and how can I remove it?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 644

Answers (2)

sahilbathla
sahilbathla

Reputation: 529

The reason is simple, the browser is being smart and caches the favicon as it associates it with the URL, i.e. http://localhost:3000.

To test it in Chrome, just open http://localhost:3000 in an incognito window (CTRL+SHIFT+N) and you will not see the favicon there.

To remove the favicon, simply clear the browser cache.

Upvotes: 2

Ashutosh Tiwari
Ashutosh Tiwari

Reputation: 998

It appears in development on localhost:3000 because it got cached.if run your server on different port like 4000(rails s -p 4000) and access localhost:4000 then it won't show you the old favicon.

Upvotes: 0

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