What does 📪 Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag mean?
A closed mailbox with its flag lowered. By emoji logic, the lowered flag means nothing new has arrived, so it suits “no mail”, “still waiting” or an empty inbox. People use it when a package or reply has not come yet, or to say they are offline and not checking messages. Compare 📫, where the raised flag signals that mail is waiting.
📪 Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag is an emoji from the Objects category (mail), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about mail and postbox.
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📪 Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 📪 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 :mailbox_closed:.
When was the Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag emoji added?
📪 Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 📪 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Closed Mailbox with Lowered Flag. The underlying code (U+1F4EA) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.