BACK arrow emoji 🔙
Emoji 0.6 (2010) · U+1F519
What 🔙 means
The keywords Unicode lists for 🔙 are arrow, BACK. They show what people use it for.
Search for arrow or BACK on your emoji keyboard and 🔙 is among the results.
You will find 🔙 among the arrows (21 emoji), part of symbols with 224 emoji in all. Its neighbours include 🔚 🔛 🔜 🔝.
Will 🔙 show on my friend's phone?
One of the first emoji ever: 🔙 is part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, the set that started on Japanese phones. It shows everywhere.
How to type 🔙
Search for BACK arrow in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔙.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type BACK arrow.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type BACK arrow in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type BACK arrow.
Codes for developers
Under the hood, 🔙 is one code point (U+1F519), 4 bytes in UTF-8 and 2 UTF-16 units, which is what a JavaScript length check counts.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+1F519 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | 🔙 | |
| HTML (decimal) | 🔙 | |
| CSS | content: "\1F519"; | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F519} | |
| URL | %F0%9F%94%99 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 94 99 |
Names in other languages
The CLDR name of 🔙 in the 12 languages of this site. Each links to that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | BACK arrow |
| Português | seta "BACK" |
| Español | flecha BACK |
| Italiano | freccia BACK |
| Français | flèche Retour |
| Deutsch | BACK-Pfeil |
| Türkçe | geri oku |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tanda panah BACK |
| Polski | strzałka z napisem BACK |
| Русский | стрелка «назад» |
| 日本語 | BACK矢印 |
| 한국어 | 뒤로 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the BACK arrow emoji mean?
Unicode calls 🔙 "BACK arrow" and links it with arrow, BACK. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the arrows subgroup of symbols.
When was the BACK arrow emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.6 from 2010, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the BACK arrow emoji?
Search for BACK arrow in the emoji picker of your phone or computer to find 🔙.