Objects · Lock & keys
🗝️ Old Key
- Emoji
- 🗝️
- Unicode
- U+1F5DD
- Shortcode
- :old_key:
- HTML code
- 🗝
- Approved in
- Unicode 7.0 (2014)
- Category
- Objects
What does the 🗝️ emoji mean?
The 🗝️ emoji shows old key. It's one of the object emojis (lock & keys) and is used when talking about clue, key, lock and old, or to illustrate a message about that object.
Keywords: clue, key, lock, old.
How 🗝️ looks on each platform
Every company draws its own version of the same emoji.
Apple, Samsung and WhatsApp designs are copyrighted by each company, so we don't publish them as images. Open this page on an iPhone and the “Your device” box shows Apple's version; on a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung's.
How to type 🗝️ on your keyboard
| iPhone | Open the keyboard, tap the emoji button 😀 and type “old key” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “old key”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “old key”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “old key”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :old_key: |
🗝️ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | old key |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+1F5DD |
| HTML decimal | 🗝 |
| HTML hex | 🗝 |
| CSS | \1F5DD |
| JavaScript | \u{1F5DD} |
| Shortcode | :old_key: |
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What does the 🗝️ emoji mean?
The 🗝️ emoji shows old key. It's one of the object emojis (lock & keys) and is used when talking about clue, key, lock and old, or to illustrate a message about that object.
How do I copy and paste the old key emoji?
Tap Copy emoji on this page and paste it anywhere: WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Discord, an email or a document. You can also find it on your phone's emoji keyboard by searching “old key”.
When was the 🗝️ emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 7.0, in 2014. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.