What does 📭 Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag mean?
An open, empty mailbox with its flag down. It means there is no mail, so people use it for an empty inbox, waiting on a reply that never comes, or feeling a little ignored. It can be wistful (“still nothing”) or satisfied (“inbox cleared”). It is the emptiest of the four mailbox emojis, the opposite of 📬, which shows mail ready to collect.
📭 Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag is an emoji from the Objects category (mail), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about mail and postbox.
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📭 Open 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 Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Open 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_with_no_mail:.
When was the Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag emoji added?
📭 Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. 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 Open Mailbox with Lowered Flag. The underlying code (U+1F4ED) 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.