Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⏩Fast-forward Button Emoji
Generally, it means "let's skip ahead" or “fast forward.” People use it to suggest moving past something they find slow or unnecessary in a conversation or situation.
The ⏩ emoji is the fast forward button.
- Unicode
- U+23E9
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :fast_
forward: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⏩ Fast-forward Button emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 6.
02 — Platforms
Fast-forward Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+23E9 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your fast-forward button looks like to the person on the other side.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Fast-forward Button emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :fast_forward:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Escapes for the languages people actually paste this into. Every one of them produces the same character, and that character is U+23E9.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⏩ Fast-forward Button emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+23E9 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Fast-forward Button emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the fast-forward 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
Fast-forward Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around fast-forward 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
Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.
08 — Apps
What ⏩ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the fast-forward button lands changes how it is taken.
10 — Difference
⏩ vs ⏪ — what is the difference?
Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.
Unicode name: Fast-forward Button
Code: U+23E9 · added 2010
Shortcode: :fast_forward:
Generally, it means "let's skip ahead" or “fast forward.”
Unicode name: Fast Reverse Button
Code: U+23EA · added 2010
Shortcode: :rewind:
Generally, it means “let’s go back” or “let’s rewind.”
11 — History
Where the ⏩ Fast-forward Button emoji came from
This one is older than Unicode emoji: Japanese carriers were drawing it on their handsets years before the standard existed, which it finally joined in 2010.
Same character every time — U+23E9 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.
Long before Unicode had emoji, Japanese carriers shipped their own picture sets.
⏩ existed there as
KDDI au E530, SoftBank E23C.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Fast-forward Button was approved as U+23E9 and shipped in Emoji 0.6 (2010). Emoji 0.6 is the original 2010 batch that came over from the Japanese sets.
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