My favicon is a strange picture I have never seen before & I cannot change it

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  msevairene · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 10:20 am

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  Hi,
  I hope someone can help me out.
  The favicon to my recently created wordpress.com site with the (free) theme Sela, is a photo of a black woman. I have no idea how that photo managed to become my favicon, nor do I have any idea where this picture could be on my site. I have checked ‘Media’, it’s not in there and I also do not have a Site Identity option in the theme customizer.
  This photo also shows up in Bloglovin on my first blogpost, although I didn’t even include a picture in my first blogpost. Even removing that post didn’t work.
  Does anyone have an idea how to change it because it is driving me crazy !
  Thank you so much.
  Eva

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  fn2187matt · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 12:00 pm

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  Hey brunetteambition1201,

  I’m not sure why this image is appearing, but you should be able to change it easily.

  Head to https://mybrunetteambition.wordpress.com/wp-admin → Settings → General. On the right hand side you can then upload a new Blog Picture / Icon.

  These favicons do not show up instantly, meaning they may take several days to display a change. More information can be found here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/

  Please let me know if this worked :)

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  fn2187matt · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 12:02 pm

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  Make sure you save changes, and refrain from re-uploading multiple images.

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  msevairene · Member · Feb 16, 2016 at 12:20 pm

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  Dear lord it worked ! The favicon is already changed.
  I had literally turned my wp admin upside down and couldn’t find anything regarding this issue.
  Thank you so much for your helpful reply :-) !

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  fn2187matt · Member · Feb 17, 2016 at 1:59 am

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  Great to hear!

  Happy blogging :)