Stop button emoji ⏹️
Emoji 0.7 (2014) · U+23F9 U+FE0F
What ⏹️ means
Stop button ⏹️ goes with these words in Unicode's CLDR: button, square, stop.
Those words also drive emoji search: try button or square on your phone to find ⏹️.
On the emoji keyboard, ⏹️ sits with the media buttons (25 emoji) inside symbols, which has 224 emoji, for example ⏺️ ⏏️ 🎦 🔅.
Will ⏹️ show on my friend's phone?
⏹️ has been around since the very first emoji set (Emoji 0.7, 2014), so every device you can think of shows it.
How to type ⏹️
To find ⏹️ quickly, type stop button into the emoji search.
- Windows 10 and 11: press Win+. to open the emoji panel, then type stop button.
- Mac: press Ctrl+⌘+Space and type stop button in the search box.
- iPhone and Android: open the emoji keyboard, tap its search field and type stop button.
Codes for developers
A character counter sees ⏹️ as 2 code points, U+23F9 U+FE0F: 6 bytes in UTF-8 and a length of 2 in JavaScript.
Paste the emoji itself where you can. Use these codes in HTML, CSS, JavaScript or a URL.
| Code points | U+23F9 U+FE0F | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML (hex) | ⏹️ | |
| HTML (decimal) | ⏹️ | |
| CSS | content: "\23F9 \FE0F"; | |
| JavaScript | \u23F9\uFE0F | |
| URL | %E2%8F%B9%EF%B8%8F | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F B9 EF B8 8F |
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 | stop button |
| Português | botão parar |
| Español | detener |
| Italiano | pulsante stop |
| Français | bouton stop |
| Deutsch | Stopp |
| Türkçe | durdurma düğmesi |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tombol berhenti |
| Polski | zatrzymaj |
| Русский | стоп |
| 日本語 | 停止ボタン |
| 한국어 | 정지 버튼 |
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All symbols emoji →Questions people ask
What does the stop button emoji mean?
Unicode calls ⏹️ "stop button" and links it with button, square, stop. People use it for those ideas; on the emoji keyboard it sits in the media buttons subgroup of symbols.
When was the stop button emoji added?
It is one of the very first emoji, part of Emoji 0.7 from 2014, so it works on any phone.
How do I type the stop button emoji?
To find ⏹️ quickly, type stop button into the emoji search.