Symbols · Emoji 1.0
🔄Counterclockwise Arrows Button Emoji
Generally, it means “refresh” or “reload.” People use it when they’re waiting for something to update online or in a conversation.
The 🔄 emoji is a circular button with two counterclockwise arrows.
- Unicode
- U+1F504
- Released
- 2015
- Shortcode
- :arrows_
counterclockwise: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the 🔄 Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 10.
02 — Platforms
Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
Same code on both ends, different drawing on each screen — here is the counterclockwise arrows button as 9 vendors ship it.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji copy and paste
Tap any value to copy it. The emoji itself works everywhere, the escapes are for your code, and the shortcode Slack and Discord expect is :arrows_counterclockwise:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F504.
04 — How to type
How to type the 🔄 Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+1F504 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the counterclockwise arrows button as transparent PNG or SVG. Each system ships its own drawing, and the licence stays with the vendor, all 9 of them.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around counterclockwise arrows button for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.
All combinations →Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.
07 — In conversation
What 🔄 means from a girl or a guy
Who sent the counterclockwise arrows button and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What 🔄 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
Chat apps do not change U+1F504, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.
10 — Difference
🔄 vs 🔃 — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Counterclockwise Arrows Button
Code: U+1F504 · added 2015
Shortcode: :arrows_counterclockwise:
Generally, it means “refresh” or “reload.”
Unicode name: Clockwise Vertical Arrows
Code: U+1F503 · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrows_clockwise:
It usually means "refresh" or "reload."
11 — History
Where the 🔄 Counterclockwise Arrows Button emoji came from
Approved as part of Emoji 1.0, the counterclockwise arrows button has been on phones for years now — counting from its release, 11.
Same character every time — U+1F504 never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.
Counterclockwise Arrows Button was approved as U+1F504 and shipped in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.
Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🔄 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji, Samsung, Microsoft, WhatsApp, JoyPixels. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.
12 — FAQ