What does ๐ BACK Arrow mean?
The word BACK with a left-pointing arrow. It means returning: back home, back at work, back to the gym or back in the chat after a break. People also use it as a quick โback in 5โ when they step away. It belongs to a small family of word-arrow emojis alongside ๐, ๐, ๐ and ๐, all inherited from early Japanese phones.
๐ BACK Arrow is an emoji from the Symbols category (arrows), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
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๐ BACK Arrow on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how BACK Arrow looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the BACK Arrow emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :back:.
When was the BACK Arrow emoji added?
๐ BACK Arrow was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for BACK Arrow. The underlying code (U+1F519) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their deviceโs style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.