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How to globally disable favicon animation? I don't want to install addons.

example website with animated favicon: http://gimpchat.com/ (archived page if the website is down)

user198350
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  • @Steven Vascellaro I've rolled back your edit because you don't consider your changes as necessary. As far as I know changing "how to" to "how can I" isn't more correct grammatically and "addon" & "extension" are synonyms. – user198350 Jul 21 '17 at 12:44
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    "addons" is by no means synonymous with "extensions". The former term includes plugins and themes as well as extensions. – kreemoweet Sep 19 '17 at 21:10
  • @kreemoweet: I'm now aware of this, thank you. – user198350 Sep 19 '17 at 21:36
  • "How to globally disable favicon animation?" wouldn't usually be considered a complete English sentence, AFAIK. That's why Steven changed it to "How can I". Another way would be "Can you tell me how to..." – O'Rooney Apr 02 '20 at 03:44

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This is a known concern:

And has not been added as a feature in the 16 years since it was first asked.

You can use extensions and code to remove these:

However, as you specific ask for extension-free options, the answer is "No, you cannot stop animated favicons."

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For those looking for Greasemonkey solution:

// ==UserScript==
// @name        garant.ru
// @namespace   garant
// @description удаление favicon
// @include     garant.ru/*
// @include     www.garant.ru/*
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==
a=$('link[href="/images/favicon.gif?1"]')
a.attr('href',"/images/favicon-16x16.png")

Main idea is to change animated favicon source from animated file to non-animated file.

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