title: How to clear IE's favicon cache?
body: <p>i have a favorite icon defined for my web-site:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any browser that has visted the site <em>after</em> i added the icon can display the favicon fine. But my own browser refuses to show the icon.</p>
  
  <p>i've tried every variation of the link i can think of:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
  &lt;link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"&gt;
  &lt;link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico"&gt;
  
  &lt;link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="renamed.ico"&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It doesn't matter, Internet Explorer (9) refuses to even try to do a fetch from the server (monitoring from fiddler).</p>
  
  <p>i've tried clearing my cache, many times:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(gear) -&gt; Internet Options -&gt; General -&gt; Delete -&gt; Temporary Internet Files
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/823702/another-favicon-not-working-in-ie/2520371#2520371">Alex in this answer</a> believes that favorite icons are cached differently than regular web-content, and don't don't follow regular clearing rules.</p>
  
  <p>So the question becomes: How do i clear the Internet Explorer favorite icon cache?</p>
  
  <h2>See also</h2>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537656(VS.85).aspx" rel="noreferrer">MSDN: How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2931533/why-isnt-my-favicon-appearing-in-ie7-8">Why isn&#39;t my favicon appearing in IE7/8?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/122067/favicon-not-working-in-ie">favicon not working in IE</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2208933/how-do-i-force-a-favicon-refresh">How do I force a favicon refresh</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2201406/cannot-get-favicon-ico-to-display">Cannot get Favicon.ico to display</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/823702/another-favicon-not-working-in-ie/2520371#2520371">Another favicon not working in IE</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2912708/favicon-not-showing-my-icon-is-no-good">Favicon not showing, my icon is no good</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1048354/favicon-ico-cannot-show-on-internet-explorer-7">favicon.ico cannot show on Internet explorer 7</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6732/why-no-favicon-for-my-web-site">Why doesn&#39;t my favicon display for my web site?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2912708/favicon-not-showing-my-icon-is-no-good">Favicon not showing, my icon is no good</a></li>
  </ul>