◀️U+25C0 U+FE0F

Reverse button emoji

A left-pointing triangle, the reverse or play-backward control on media players. People use it to mean going back or rewinding, to point leftward, and as a marker for moving to a previous item.

Unicode name: reverse button
Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
Added: Emoji 0.6 in 2010
Code points: U+25C0 U+FE0F
Shortcode: :arrow_backward:
Keywords: arrow, button, left, reverse, triangle

How it looks

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How to type ◀️

iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “reverse button”.
Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “reverse button”.
Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “reverse button”.
Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “reverse button”.
GitHub: Type :arrow_backward: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

Language	Name	Keywords
Español	retroceso	izquierda, retroceso, triángulo
Français	bouton retour	bouton retour, flèche, gauche, retour, triangle
Deutsch	Pfeil zurück	Dreieck, links, Pfeil, zurück
Italiano	pulsante di riavvolgimento	pulsante, pulsante di riavvolgimento, pulsante riavvolgimento, rewind, sinistra, tasto riavvolgimento, triangolo
Português	botão de voltar	botão de voltar, esquerda, seta, seta para a esquerda, triângulo, voltar
Nederlands	knop voor terugspoelen	achteruit, driehoek, knop, links, pijl
Svenska	bakåtspolningsknapp	bakåtspolningsknapp, knapp, knapp för spola tillbaka, spola tillbaka
Polski	wstecz	strzałka, trójkąt, w lewo, wstecz
Türkçe	geri düğmesi	geri düğmesi, ok, sol, ters, üçgen
Русский	реверс	влево, кнопка, назад, обратный, реверс, стрелка
Українська	кнопка реверсу	вліво, кнопка «Назад», кнопка реверсу, назад, попередня пісня, стрілка, стрілка ліворуч, трикутник
Ελληνικά	κουμπί επαναφοράς	αντιστροφή, αριστερά, βέλος, κουμπί επαναφοράς, τρίγωνο
العربية	زر ترجيع	ترجيع, زر, سهم, مثلث, يسار
עברית	לחצן השמעה לאחור	השמעה, חץ, לאחור, משולש
فارسی	دکمهٔ برگرداندن	برگرداندن, پیکان, چپ, دکمه برگرداندن, دکمهٔ برگرداندن, قبل, مثلث
हिन्दी	पीछे जाएँ बटन	तीर, त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज, पीछे जाएँ, पीछे जाएँ बटन, बाईं, बाई ओर, बाएँ, बायाँ, रिवर्स, वापस जाएँ
বাংলা	রিভার্স বোতাম	তীর, ত্রিভুজ, প্লে রিভার্স বোতাম, বাম, বিপরীত, রিভার্স বোতাম
Bahasa Indonesia	tombol mundur	kiri, mundur, panah, segitiga, terbalik, tombol
Tiếng Việt	nút tua lại	mũi tên, nút tua lại, tam giác, trái, tua lại
ไทย	ย้อนกลับ	ซ้าย, ย้อนกลับ, ลูกศร, สามเหลี่ยม
日本語	逆再生ボタン	ボタン, 巻き戻し, 矢印, 逆再生, 逆再生ボタン
한국어	반대로 버튼	되돌리기 버튼, 반대, 반대로 버튼, 복귀, 삼각형, 화살표
中文（简体）	倒退按钮	三角, 倒转, 倒退按钮, 后退, 向左, 左
中文（繁體）	倒轉	倒轉, 左, 按鈕

Names in 100 more languages

Afrikaans	speelterug-knoppie
Akan	kɔ akyi bɔtom
Albanian	butoni i kthimit prapa
Amharic	ወደ ኋላ መልስ አዝራር
Armenian	հետադարձման կոճակ
Assamese	পিছলৈ বুটাম
Azerbaijani	geriyə düyməsi
Bashkir	кирегә төймәһе
Basque	alderantziz erreproduzitzeko botoia
Belarusian	кнопка «прайграць назад»
Bosnian	dugme za premotavanje
Bulgarian	бутон за връщане
Burmese	နောက်ပြန် ခလုတ်
Canadian French	bouton de retour
Cantonese	回帶按鈕
Cantonese (Simplified)	回带按钮
Catalan	botó de retrocedir
Cherokee	ᏗᎦᏁᏍᏈᏔᏅᎢ ᎦᏗ
Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China)	回帶按鈕
Chuvash	реверс
Croatian	tipka za pretraživanje unatrag
Czech	tlačítko přehrávání pozpátku
Danish	knap til baglæns afspilning
Estonian	tagurpidi esitamise nupp
European Portuguese	botão de inversão
Faroese	spola aftur knappur
Filipino	button na i-reverse
Finnish	kelaa hitaasti taakse
Galician	botón de retroceso
Georgian	გადახვევის ღილაკი
Gujarati	રિવર્સ કરો બટન
Hausa	maɓallin juyawa baya
Hungarian	visszajátszás gomb
Icelandic	hnappur til að spóla til baka
Igbo	weghàchie ọdụmbi àzụ
Irish	cnaipe siar
Javanese	tombol mbalik
Kalaallisut	knap til baglæns afspilning
Kannada	ರಿವರ್ಸ್ ಬಟನ್
Kazakh	кері қайтару түймесі
Kazakh (Arabic)	كەرى قايتارۋ باتىرماسى
Khmer	ប៊ូតុងចាក់បញ្ច្រាស
Kinyarwanda	ibuto yo gusubiza inyuma
Konkani	फाटीं घेवप बटण
Kyrgyz	артка баскычы
Kʼicheʼ	pitz’b’al rech tzalijisab’al
Lao	ປຸ່ມຖອຍຫຼັງ
Latin American Spanish	retroceder
Latvian	poga Atpakaļ
Lithuanian	atvirkštinė tvarka
Lower Sorbian	tasta "wjerś slědk"
Luxembourgish	Récklafknäppchen
Macedonian	копче за премотување наназад
Malay	butang undur
Malayalam	റിവേഴ്‌സ് ബട്ടൺ
Maltese	buttuna reverse
Marathi	मागे न्या बटण
Mongolian	буцаах товчлуур
Māori	pātene whakamuri
Nepali	उल्ट्याउने बटन
Nigerian Pidgin	Rivás Bọ́tin
Northern Sotho	konope ya go boetša morago
Norwegian	bakover-knapp
Odia	ବିପରୀତ ବଟନ୍‌
Oromo	qabduu duubatti deebisuu
Pashto	د بيرته تلو بټن
Punjabi	ਪਿੱਛੇ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
Punjabi (Arabic)	پچھے کرن دا بٹن
Quechua	qhipanman ñitina
Romanian	buton de inversare
Romansh	buttun revers
Sardinian	butone de incuida
Scottish Gaelic	putan “Deireadh air thoiseach”
Serbian	дугме за репродукцију уназад
Serbian (Latin)	dugme za reprodukciju unazad
Shan	ၼဵၼ်ႁူၼ်
Sindhi	پوئتي ڪرڻ جو بٽڻ
Sinhala	ආපස්සට බොත්තම
Slovak	tlačidlo spätného prehrávania
Slovenian	gumb za predvajanje nazaj
Somali	badhanka dib u celinta
Spanish (United States)	botón de retroceso
Swahili	kitufe cha kurudisha nyuma
Tajik	тугмаи "Гузариш ба қафо"
Tamil	ரிவர்ஸ் பட்டன்
Telugu	వెనక్కి వెళ్లే బటన్
Tigrinya	መምለሲ መልጎም
Tongan	meʻalolomi foki
Tswana	konopo ya boela morago
Turkmen	tersine düwmesi
Upper Sorbian	tłóčatko "wjerć wróćo"
Urdu	پیچھے جانے کا بٹن
Uyghur	تېز قايتۇرۇش كۇنۇپكىسى
Uzbek	orqaga o‘tkazish tugmasi
Welsh	botwm cildroi
Wolof	bitoŋu delloo ginaaw
Xhosa	iqhosha lokubuyisela emva
Yoruba	Bọ́tínì ìdápadà
Yoruba (Benin)	Bɔ́tínì ìdápadà
Zulu	inkinobho yokubuyela emuva

Codes

Code points: U+25C0 U+FE0F
HTML: ◀️
CSS: \25C0\FE0F
JavaScript, Rust, Swift: \u{25C0}\u{FE0F}
Python: \u25C0\uFE0F
UTF-8 bytes: E2 97 80 EF B8 8F
UTF-16: 25C0 FE0F
URL encoded: %E2%97%80%EF%B8%8F

Questions

What does the ◀️ reverse button emoji mean?

A left-pointing triangle, the reverse or play-backward control on media players. People use it to mean going back or rewinding, to point leftward, and as a marker for moving to a previous item.

How do I type the ◀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “reverse button”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :arrow_backward:.

When was the ◀️ emoji added?

◀️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

What is the Unicode code point for ◀️?

U+25C0 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ◀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{25C0}\u{FE0F}.