Safari is still showing the old fav icon when all other browsers are showing the correct one

Developer help
#1

my blog: https://merecivilian.com/
Self Hosted on DigitalOcean: Version 4.12.1

The issue I am having is that Safari on iOS and Mac are showing my old fav icon which was changed months ago.

See below: left is safari and right is firefox:

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I have tested this on multiple devices and the issue appears to only affect Safari. I have gone ahead and reuploaded my favicon on the website but still does not solve the issue. restarted ghost. still not luck

Any guidance is greatly appreciated.

#2

Safari caches favicons much more heavily than other browsers. If you search online you can find steps to force a refresh, they essentially come down to

  1. Open the site in a new private window (sometimes works)
  2. Quit Safari and delete the favicons cache folder
#3

Thank you @Kevin

I undertook the following steps and the issue is resolved on the MAC:

  1. Open Finder and select COMMAND + SHIFT + G

  2. In the drop-down window that appears, type ~/Library/Safari/Favicon Cache and hit the Go button.

  3. Delete everything inside the Favicon Cache folder