How do I save ico in Photoshop CC

Plan B:  Use the online converter. 

"Is there a way to do this without a plugin or does Adobe have a safe plugin of its own? OR can I use another adobe product to accomplish a conversion to .ico from any other file type? I am reluctant to use a third party plugin that is unfamiliar to me as safe."

Technically, you don't need any special plugins.  Just go to File > Export > Export as PNG.  Then change the file extension in Mac Finder or Windows Explorer from .png to .ico.   Done.

If you use good anti-virus, plugins are nothing to be afraid of.  Many Photoshop features actually began life as 3rd party plugins. 

Is there a way to do this without a plugin or does Adobe have a safe plugin of its own?  OR can I use another adobe product to accomplish a conversion to .ico from any other file type? I am reluctant to use a third party plugin that is unfamiliar to me as safe.

I am working on Photoshop CC 2014.I had the same problem but after adding the given plugin i got rid of this.Here what you have to do is to create a page of (256 x 256)px or less than it.Now create your icon or cursor and save it with format you want.

I found that if your image is not 16x16;32x32; or 64x64 the option will not even show.

Hi all,

For anyone having troubles, I can confirm that as of 15 Feb 2017 and with Photoshop 2015.5 and Windows 10 64-bit, the "Save an icon .ico file in Photoshop" / "Save as .ico" plug-in at Telegraphics - Free plugins for Photoshop & Illustrator...and other software DOES work. Download the proper file from that address, unzip it, drop it into the plug-ins folder, restart Photoshop and all is well.

The plug-in allows for saving an image as a cursor (.cur), icon (.ico), or favicon (.ico).

A couple of things that may be causing people problems:

1) If you have 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Photoshop, you MUST use the 64-bit version of the plug-in.

      a) Check Windows: Right-click the desktop icon labeled "This PC", select "Properties", look in "System type:".

          It should say "64-bit Operating System". If it says nothing, then it's 32-bit. It will not actually SAY 32-bit.

      b) Check Photoshop: Click "Help" then "About Photoshop CC..." - If it says "X64" at the end of the version number at the top,

          then it's 64-bit, otherwise it's 32-bit.

      c) Check the plug--in: There are 3 plug-in versions at the web address listed above:

            1) 32-bit - named "ICOFormat-1.6f9-win.zip" that is for all Photoshop versions and 32-bit Windows 7 and above. It is for .ico files and favicons.

            2) 32-bit - named "ICOFormat-2.1b1-win.zip" that is for all Photoshop versions and 32-bit Windows 7 and above. It is for  .ico, favicon, .png, and .cur files.

            3) 64-bit, the file we want - named "ICOFormat-2.1f1-win64.zip" is for Windows 7 and above and includes Photoshop CC versions.

                It is for .ico, .cur, and favicons.                                  

2) The location of the plug-in folder, which seems to be a hassle for some people, is very easy to find. Simply right-click on Photoshop's desktop

     icon (or in the menu,    either works the same) and select "Open file location".

     A Windows File Explorer window will open with "photoshop.exe highlighted. In the address bar at the top it should say "(C:) > Program Files > Adobe >

     [photoshop version]". (Mine says (C:) > Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop CC 2015.5)

     Click once where it says the version of Photoshop (again, mine is "Photoshop CC 2015.5"). This takes you to the Photoshop directory itself, of course.

     Now double-click where it says "Plug-ins". This is the folder into which you will place the extracted (unzipped) plug-in file that you downloaded.

3) Needless to say, the file downloaded must be unzipped before the plug-in is placed in the Photoshop Plug-ins folder. The file will have an extension of .8bi or .8bf.

    Note that you can drag and drop the entire unzipped folder (my 64-bit version's folder is named "ICOFormat-2.1f1-win64") into this folder or just dropping the

    file itself will also work.

    Windows 7 and above (8.1, 10) has a built-in file extraction utility. You can use, but do not have to have, any of the myriad of file compression/decompression

    utilities such as WinZIP, WinRAR, 7zip, etc.

    In Windows, just right-click on the .zip file and select "Extract", which will be near the very top of the context menu that opens. Note the name of the folder where

    the file is going to be extracted to. It should be the same location as the file you are unzipping so it's not easy to get lost. Once extracted, return to step 2 above.

4) Last but not least, the file you are attempting to save in Photoshop MUST be 256 x 256 pixels or smaller or the .ico, .cur, etc. options will NOT be listed in the

    "Save As" file-type drop down box; the box where the default is always shown as "Photoshop (*.PSD, etc.)"

I hope this helps someone.

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The Telegraphics plugin still works in CC (on Mac) but you do need to make sure of 2 things.

1. Image Mode = RGB
2. Image Size < 256px

That should cause the "ICO (Windows Icon)" option to show up when you "Save As"

The downside to just renaming a .png to .ico is that Earlier versions of IE (8, 9, 10) don't support png favicons, even if they're renamed to .ico (http://caniuse.com/#feat=link-icon-png)... although I haven't tried adding `type="image/ico"` to `<link>`

IrfanView is no fuss. Just check off save transparency color when saving.

With Photoshop CC you don't need any plugin.

Save image as png for web, rename png as "favicon.ico" and...

That's all

Ciao

you can download the plug-ins called Telegraphics. I have Photoshop cc 2014 installed on windows 7 64 bit  so i download from the website Windows (64 bit)

After you download the plug-ins ( in the archive is ICOFormat64 ) you have to copy to the file File Formats, in my case is C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\Required\Plug-Ins\File Formats.

Have fun !