Symbols · Emoji 0.6
⏪Fast Reverse Button Emoji
Generally, it means “let’s go back” or “let’s rewind.” It’s used to suggest revisiting a previous idea, comment, or situation.
The ⏪ emoji is the fast reverse button.
- Unicode
- U+23EA
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :rewind:
- Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ⏪ Fast Reverse Button emoji mean?
People search for this character under a lot of different names, and the ones we have collected number 6.
People also look for it as reverse emoji.
02 — Platforms
Fast Reverse Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character is always U+23EA — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your fast reverse 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 Reverse Button emoji copy and paste
Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :rewind:.
All emoji copy and paste →In your code
Pick the notation your language wants. They all resolve to the fast reverse button, code point U+23EA.
04 — How to type
How to type the ⏪ Fast Reverse Button emoji
No picker to hand? The fast reverse button can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.
05 — Download
Fast Reverse Button emoji PNG and SVG
Grab the fast reverse 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 Reverse Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around fast reverse 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 fast reverse button and what came before it change the reading more than the emoji itself does.
08 — Apps
What ⏪ means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord
One code point, several readings — where the fast reverse 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 Reverse Button
Code: U+23EA · added 2010
Shortcode: :rewind:
Generally, it means “let’s go back” or “let’s rewind.”
Unicode name: Fast-forward Button
Code: U+23E9 · added 2010
Shortcode: :fast_forward:
Generally, it means "let's skip ahead" or “fast forward.”
11 — History
Where the ⏪ Fast Reverse 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+23EA 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 E52F, SoftBank E23D.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Fast Reverse Button was approved as U+23EA 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