What does ⚠️ Warning mean?
A triangle with an exclamation mark, the universal caution sign. It flags anything readers should take seriously: spoilers, icy roads, scams, sensitive content or a broken coffee machine. It can be sincere and urgent, or used with mock gravity before a hot take or a long rant. Compared with 🚨, which screams emergency, this one says “heads up, proceed with care”.
⚠️ Warning is an emoji from the Symbols category (warning signs), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Example messages
⚠️ Warning on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Warning looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Warning 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 :warning:.
When was the Warning emoji added?
⚠️ Warning 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 Warning. The underlying code (U+26A0 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.