Symbols · Emoji 0.6
◀️Reverse Button Emoji
Generally, it means “go back” or “previous.” People use it in chats to indicate they want to revisit a previous message or link.
The ◀️ emoji represents a reverse button.
- Unicode
- U+25C0 U+FE0F
- Released
- 2010
- Shortcode
- :arrow_
backward: - Skin tones
- No
01 — Meaning
What does the ◀️ Reverse Button emoji mean?
One character, many names — these are the wordings people actually type, all 5 of them.
02 — Platforms
Reverse Button emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X
The character you send is always U+25C0. The picture is not: it is redrawn by each system, and the designs below number 9.
See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.
03 — Copy & codes
Reverse 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 :arrow_backward:.
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+25C0.
04 — How to type
How to type the ◀️ Reverse Button emoji
Every system hides the emoji key somewhere else. Here is where, plus the raw codes for U+25C0 when there is no key at all.
05 — Download
Reverse Button emoji PNG and SVG
Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 9. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.
Emoji PNG library →
Apple
Google
Twitter / X
Facebook
Microsoft
06 — Combinations
Reverse Button emoji combinations
Ready-made combos built around 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
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 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: Reverse Button
Code: U+25C0 U+FE0F · added 2010
Shortcode: :arrow_backward:
Generally, it means “go back” or “previous.”
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 ◀️ 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+25C0 U+FE0F 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 E52D, SoftBank E23B.
Those codes are why it survived into the standard at all — Unicode had to keep Japanese messages readable.
Reverse Button was approved as U+25C0 U+FE0F 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