What does ๐ Dim Button mean?
A small sun with short rays, the brightness-down control on screens and lights. It signals lowering the light: night mode, a sleepy mood, a cosy evening or a headache that makes every screen too bright. Some use it for toning things down in general, like volume or energy. Its brighter partner is ๐.
๐ Dim Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (audio & video controls), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about brightness and low.
Example messages
๐ Dim Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Dim Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Dim Button 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 :low_brightness:.
When was the Dim Button emoji added?
๐ Dim Button was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. 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 Dim Button. The underlying code (U+1F505) 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.