What does 📥 Inbox Tray mean?
An office tray with an arrow pointing down into it. It means receiving or downloading: new emails, incoming files, submissions or tasks landing on your desk. People use it for “got it”, “downloaded” and “in my inbox”, as well as for the much-celebrated goal of “inbox zero”. It is the counterpart to 📤, the outbox, and both feel tidy and businesslike.
📥 Inbox Tray is an emoji from the Objects category (mail), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about box, email, letter, mail, receive and zero.
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📥 Inbox Tray on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Inbox Tray looks on each platform.
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Inbox Tray emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Inbox Tray 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 :inbox_tray:.
When was the Inbox Tray emoji added?
📥 Inbox Tray 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 Inbox Tray. The underlying code (U+1F4E5) 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.