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⏹️ Stop Button
- Emoji
- ⏹️
- Unicode
- U+23F9
- Shortcode
- :stop_button:
- HTML code
- ⏹
- Approved in
- Unicode 7.0 (2014)
- Category
- Symbols
What does the ⏹️ emoji mean?
The ⏹️ emoji (stop button) is a symbol from the audio & video symbols group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with button, square and stop.
Keywords: button, square, stop.
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 “stop button” in “Search Emoji”. |
|---|---|
| Android | On Gboard or the Samsung keyboard, tap the emoji icon and search “stop button”. |
| Windows | Press Windows + . (period) and type “stop button”. |
| Mac | Press Control + Command + Space and search “stop button”. |
| Discord, Slack, GitHub | Type :stop_button: |
⏹️ emoji codes
| Official Unicode name | stop button |
|---|---|
| Code points | U+23F9 |
| HTML decimal | ⏹ |
| HTML hex | ⏹ |
| CSS | \23F9 |
| JavaScript | \u{23F9} |
| Shortcode | :stop_button: |
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What does the ⏹️ emoji mean?
The ⏹️ emoji (stop button) is a symbol from the audio & video symbols group. It's used to point, organize or highlight information, and is associated with button, square and stop.
How do I copy and paste the stop button 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 “stop button”.
When was the ⏹️ emoji released?
It was approved in Unicode 7.0, in 2014. Today it works on practically every phone and computer.