What does 🔧 Wrench mean?
A wrench, called a spanner in British English. It stands for repairs, mechanics, plumbing, settings and fixing things. People use it for car trouble, broken appliances, maintenance updates or tinkering with tech. The idiom “throwing a wrench in the works” makes it handy for plans that suddenly fall apart. 🛠️ shows it alongside a hammer for tools in general.
🔧 Wrench is an emoji from the Objects category (tools), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about home, improvement, spanner and tool.
Example messages
🔧 Wrench on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Wrench looks on each platform.
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Wrench emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Wrench 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 :wrench:.
When was the Wrench emoji added?
🔧 Wrench 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 Wrench. The underlying code (U+1F527) 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.