Category: Symbols

🔙BACK arrow

🔙 BACK arrow belongs to Symbols. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

An arrow pointing left, often used to indicate going back, returning, or reverting to a previous state.

Aliases

:back:

Keywords

arrowbackBACK arrow

What does 🔙 BACK arrow mean?

The BACK arrow emoji 🔙 represents the concept of returning to a previous location, page, or state. It is often used in digital communication to suggest going back to a previous topic, undoing an action, or physically heading back home. Depending on context, it can also imply a nostalgic desire to return to the past.

Often used for

Indicating a return trip or heading home
Changing the subject back to a previous topic
Suggesting someone undo an action or revert a change
Expressing a nostalgic desire to go back in time
Referring to navigating back to a previous screen or page

Tone: Generally neutral and functional, but it can carry a nostalgic or slightly regretful tone when used to talk about the past. Context usually dictates whether it is meant literally or figuratively.

🔙 in real messages

ok heading 🔙 now, see you in 10
wait let's go 🔙 to what we were talking about earlier
i wish we could go 🔙 to last summer
hit the 🔙 button on the app, it should reload
nah i think we should go 🔙 to the old plan

How 🔙 BACK arrow looks

Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.

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🔙 BACK arrow codes for developers

Every format below produces 🔙 — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`🔙`
Unicode codepoints	`U+1F519`
HTML (decimal)	`🔙`
HTML (hex)	`🔙`
CSS	`\1F519`
JavaScript	`\u{1F519}`
JSON	`\uD83D\uDD19`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%94%99`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:back:`