What does ๐๏ธ Wastebasket mean?
A wastebasket or trash can. It means throwing something away, deleting it or calling it garbage. People use it to say an idea, opinion or piece of work is trash, to describe decluttering or to mark something deleted. It can also be self-deprecating, as in โmy sleep schedule ๐๏ธโ. On computers, it echoes the trash or recycle bin icon.
๐๏ธ Wastebasket is an emoji from the Objects category (office supplies), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about can, garbage, trash and waste.
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๐๏ธ Wastebasket on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Wastebasket looks on each platform.
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Wastebasket emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Wastebasket emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐๏ธ 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 :wastebasket:.
When was the Wastebasket emoji added?
๐๏ธ Wastebasket was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does ๐๏ธ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Wastebasket. The underlying code (U+1F5D1 U+FE0F) 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.