⬅️ Left Arrow Emoji

⬅️ Copy & Paste

⬅️	Google Noto Color Emoji 16.0

⬅️ Related Emojis

The ⬅️ emoji is often associated with the following emojis:

🔙🧭🔚

⬅️ Meaning and Usage

The left arrow emoji ⬅️ is a left-pointing arrow: often white on a blue square. It denotes a direction toward the west 🧭 or returning to prior states/methods.

Emoji name: left arrow

Tags: arrow | cardinal | direction | left | west

Categories

⬆️ Arrows

⬅️ Chat Examples

Head back west to get home. ⬅️🏡
We’ve got to go in reverse! ⬅️⏮️
Consider our previous discussions. ⬅️🔄
Let's rewind this video! ⬅️📼
Going old-school with tech. ⬅️💾

⬅️ Images

Check out how the emoji appears on different devices and platforms:

Google

Noto Color Emoji 16.0

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Color

Microsoft

Fluent Emoji - Flat

Mozilla

FxEmojis 1.7.9

OpenMoji

OpenMoji 15.0

Twitter / X

Twemoji 14.0

Google

Noto Emoji 16.0

Your Browser

Default Emoji

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⬅️ Emoji Support and Compatibility

Google

Android 4.3

Microsoft

Windows 8.0

⬅️ Image History

Google

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean: ❌

Android 4.4 KitKat: ❌

Android 5.1 Lollipop: ✅

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow: ✅

Android 7.1.1 Nougat: ✅

Android 8.0 Oreo: ✅

Android 9.0 Pie: ✅

Android 10.0: ✅

Android 11.0: ✅

Android 12L: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 15.0: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 15.1: ✅

Noto Color Emoji 16.0: ✅

Noto Emoji 15.1: ✅

Noto Emoji 16.0: ✅

⬅️ Word Associations with the "Left Arrow" Emoji

The ⬅️ is often associated with: revert, previous, return, leftward movement, direction, shift left, back, west and align left.

⬅️ Left Arrow Emoji In Most Popular Languages

Discover the name of this emoji in various languages:

Language	Emoji Name
Arabic	سهم لليسار
Chinese	向左箭头
Chinese (Traditional)	向左箭頭
French	flèche gauche
German	Pfeil nach links
Hindi	बायाँ तीर
Italian	freccia rivolta a sinistra
Japanese	左矢印
Korean	좌향 화살표
Portuguese	seta para a esquerda
Spanish	flecha hacia la izquierda
Turkish	sol ok
Looking for more translations? Check out the ⬅️ Left Arrow emoji in over 100 languages
Source: Unicode Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) v46

⬅️ Emoji Codes for Developers

Shortcode (Discord)	:arrow_left:
Shortcode (GitHub)	:arrow_left:
Shortcode (Slack)	:arrow_left:
HTML Dec	⬅️
HTML Hex	⬅️
CSS	\2B05 \FE0F
C, C++ & Python	\u2B05\uFE0F
Java, JavaScript & JSON	\u2B05\uFE0F
Perl	\x{2B05}\x{FE0F}
PHP & Ruby	\u{2B05}\u{FE0F}
Punycode	xn--94i
URL Escape Code	%E2%AC%85%EF%B8%8F

⬅️ Unicode Data

Unicode Code Point(s)	⬅: U+2B05 Variation Selector-16: U+FE0F
Unicode Version	Unicode 4.0
Emoji Version	Emoji 1.0
Proposals	L2/09‑026 L2/07‑257