What does ⏹️ Stop Button mean?
A solid square, the stop control on media players and recorders. It signals ending something completely: stop the music, stop the argument, end the recording. It is firmer than ⏸️, which only pauses. People use it to call time on a habit, a plan or a conversation that has gone on long enough.
⏹️ Stop Button is an emoji from the Symbols category (audio & video controls), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014.
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⏹️ Stop Button on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Stop Button looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Stop 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 :black_square_for_stop:.
When was the Stop Button emoji added?
⏹️ Stop Button 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 Stop Button. The underlying code (U+23F9 U+FE0F) 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.