Stop Safari creating favicon caches

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Safari stores favicons in a database named ‘WebpageIcons.db’ located in the folder: ~/Library/Safari/Icons. It is possible to disable the creation of this database with the following command: 

defaults write com.apple.Safari WebIconDatabaseEnabled -bool false


Delete the current database after applying the command:


rm ~/Library/Safari/WebpageIcons.db


Relaunch Safari application for changes to take effect.


Restore the creation of favicon database with:


 defaults write com.apple.Safari WebIconDatabaseEnabled -bool true

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