What does ❎ Cross Mark Button mean?
A white X on a green button. It is used for cancelling, closing or deleting, and sometimes as a softer, less alarming no than ❌. Because of its green colour some people read it like a close button, or even mistake it for a positive mark, so context matters. It works nicely in checklists for items that were skipped rather than failed.
❎ Cross Mark Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (check marks & other symbols), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about ×, multiplication, multiply, square and x.
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❎ Cross Mark Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cross Mark Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cross Mark Button 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 :negative_squared_cross_mark:.
When was the Cross Mark Button emoji added?
❎ Cross Mark Button 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 Cross Mark Button. The underlying code (U+274E) 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.