What does ๐ Fax Machine mean?
A fax machine with a sheet of paper feeding through it. It can simply mean faxing a document, but more often it pokes fun at slow, old-fashioned bureaucracy: offices, banks or clinics that still demand a fax in the age of email. People also use it for anything that feels stuck in the past. As a retro tech emoji, it sits comfortably alongside ๐ and ๐ผ in nostalgic throwbacks.
๐ Fax Machine is an emoji from the Objects category (phones), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
๐ Fax Machine on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Fax Machine looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Fax Machine 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 :fax:.
When was the Fax Machine emoji added?
๐ Fax Machine 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 Fax Machine. The underlying code (U+1F4E0) 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.