Navigating back to a previous screen or page
Navigating back to a previous screen or page.
SymbolsArrow
⬅️ Left Arrow Emoji
The ⬅️ Left Arrow emoji depicts an arrow pointing left, commonly used for direction, going back, previous page, or leftward navigation.
QUICK FACTS
- Official name
- Left Arrow
- Category
- Symbols
- Subcategory
- Arrow
- Unicode
- U+2B05 U+FE0F
- Emoji version
- 0.6
- Unicode version
- 17.0
What Does Mean?
The ⬅️ Left Arrow emoji represents leftward direction, going back to a previous page, rewinding, or drawing attention to content on the left.
Quick Meaning
The ⬅️ Left Arrow emoji depicts an arrow pointing left, commonly used for direction, going back, previous page, or leftward navigation.
Use Cases
How People Use ⬅️
Common conversational contexts and messaging situations.
Pointing to items positioned on the left side
Pointing to items positioned on the left side.
Indicating left turns or leftward movement
Indicating left turns or leftward movement.
Real Messages
⬅️ Emoji Examples
Realistic message examples demonstrating natural placement for ⬅️.
“Go back to the previous menu ⬅️”
“Turn left at the next intersection ⬅️”
“See the diagram on the left ⬅️”
“Previous chapter ⬅️”
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Lookup Data
Names, Keywords and Search Terms
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Official Name
Left Arrow
Subcategory: ArrowAliases & Common Names
- left arrow
- arrow left
- back arrow
- west arrow
Keywords & Search Terms
- left arrow
- left
- arrow
- back
- previous
- west
- direction
- navigation
Developer Reference
⬅️ Emoji Codes
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FormatCode ValueAction
Unicode
U+2B05 U+FE0FCode points
U+2B05 U+FE0FUTF-8 bytes
0xE2 0xAC 0x85 0xEF 0xB8 0x8FUTF-16
\u2B05\uFE0FHTML decimal entity
⬅️HTML hexadecimal entity
⬅️JavaScript escape
\u{2B05}\u{FE0F}CSS escape
\2B05 \FE0F Python string
\u2B05\uFE0FUnicode Breakdown
Sequence Breakdown for ⬅️
This emoji is composed of 2 Unicode characters joined together.
⬅
U+2B05Left Arrow
+
VS16
U+FE0FVariation Selector-16 (Emoji Presentation)
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Microsoft Fluent
MIT License
Google Noto
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Twemoji
CC BY 4.0
OpenMoji
CC BY-SA 4.0
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FAQ
Questions About ⬅️
Frequently asked questions about meaning, copying, PNG export, and Unicode data.
The ⬅️ Left Arrow emoji depicts an arrow pointing left, commonly used for direction, going back, previous page, or leftward navigation.
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⬅️ is a symbolic character for Left Arrow used in signage, formatting, alerts, and instructions.
⬅️ uses the Unicode sequence U+2B05 U+FE0F. Its individual code points are U+2B05, U+FE0F.
⬅️ is usually the more general choice. ➡️ Right Arrow is different because points right to indicate moving forward or next items.
Use the copy button on this page to copy ⬅️, or select the emoji character directly and copy it from your browser.