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Revert to Google's Old 2012-2015 Favicon

Replaces New 2015 Google Search Favicon in Browser Tabs, Address Bar, Bookmarks

How to install

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

How to install

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!) 

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Revert to Google's Old 2012-2015 Favicon
// @version     3.25
// @author      R. Schneider
// @namespace   https://greasyfork.org/en/users/15044-r-schneider
// @description Replaces New 2015 Google Search Favicon in Browser Tabs, Address Bar, Bookmarks
// @icon        https://greasyfork.org/system/screenshots/screenshots/000/002/575/original/Google_Favicon_%282012_-_2015%29.png?1447968978

// @include     http*://www.google.*
// @include     http*://webcache.googleusercontent.*
// @include     http*://images.google.*
// @include     http*://google.com/photos*
// @include     http*://books.google.*
// @include     http*://support.google.*
// @include     http*://accounts.google.*
// @include     http*://myaccount.google.*
// @include     http*://aboutme.google.*
// @include     http*://googleblog.blogspot.*
// @include     http*://cse.google.*

// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/cloudprint*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/calendar*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/intl/*/drive*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/earth*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/finance*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/maps*
// @exclude     http*://www.google.com/voice*
// @grant       none
// @support     [email protected]
// @license     CC BY-NC 4.0 License (Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial 4.0 International) - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
// ==/UserScript==

var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
var icon = document.createElement('link');

icon.setAttribute('type', 'image/x-icon');
icon.setAttribute('rel', 'icon');

icon.setAttribute('href', 'data:image/x-icon;base64,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');

head.appendChild(icon);