# 📁 File folder emoji

📁 File folder is an emoji in the office set of Objects. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.

- Emoji: 📁
- Unicode name: file folder
- Code points: U+1F4C1
- Category: Objects, Office
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :file_folder:
- Keywords: file, folder
- Page: https://emojichart.com/file-folder-emoji

## What it means

Closed and ready to hold documents, a file folder represents files and organization on a computer. It appears in posts about saving documents, filing paperwork, folders and directories.

## How to type 📁

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “file folder”.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “file folder”.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “file folder”.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “file folder”.
- GitHub: Type :file_folder: in an issue, pull request or comment.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | carpeta de archivos | archivo, carpeta, carpeta de archivos |
| Français (fr) | dossier | dossier, fichier, répertoire |
| Deutsch (de) | Ordner | Akten, Büro, Dokument, geschlossen, Ordner |
| Italiano (it) | cartella file | archiviare, archivio, cartella, computer, file, ufficio |
| Português (pt) | pasta de arquivos | arquivo, pasta, pasta de arquivos |
| Nederlands (nl) | bestandsmap | bestand, bestandsmap, map |
| Svenska (sv) | arkivmapp | arkiv, arkivmapp, mapp |
| Polski (pl) | folder | dokumenty, folder, katalog, teczka |
| Türkçe (tr) | dosya klasörü | dosya, dosya klasörü, klasör |
| Русский (ru) | папка | бумаги, документы, папка, файл |
| Українська (uk) | папка для файлів | закрита, папка, тека, файл |
| Ελληνικά (el) | φάκελος αρχείων | αρχείο, φάκελος, φάκελος αρχείων |
| العربية (ar) | مجلد ملفات | فولدر, مجلد, مجلد ملفات, ملف |
| עברית (he) | תיקיית מסמכים | מסמכים, תיקייה, תיקיית מסמכים |
| فارسی (fa) | پوشه فایل | پوشه, فایل |
| हिन्दी (hi) | फ़ाइल फ़ोल्डर | फ़ाइल, फ़ोल्डर |
| বাংলা (bn) | ফাইল ফোল্ডার | ফাইল, ফোল্ডার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | folder file | file, folder, map |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | thư mục tệp | tệp, thư mục, thư mục tệp |
| ไทย (th) | แฟ้มเอกสาร | แฟ้ม, โฟลเดอร์, ไฟล์, เอกสาร |
| 日本語 (ja) | フォルダー | ファイル, フォルダー, 文具, 文房具 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 폴더 | 파일, 폴더 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 文件夹 | 办公, 文件, 文件夹, 文具, 硬纸夹 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 資料夾 | 文件夾, 檔案, 資料夾 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): lêervouer
- Akan (ak): faale folda
- Albanian (sq): dosje dokumentesh
- Amharic (am): የፋይል አቃፊ
- Armenian (hy): թղթապանակ
- Assamese (as): ফাইল ফ’ল্ডাৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): fayl qovluğu
- Bashkir (ba): папка
- Basque (eu): fitxategi-sailkatzailea
- Belarusian (be): папка для файлаў
- Bosnian (bs): fascikla
- Breton (br): kleurenn
- Bulgarian (bg): папка за документи
- Burmese (my): ဖိုင်တွဲ
- Cantonese (yue): 文件夾
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 文件夹
- Catalan (ca): carpeta de fitxers
- Cherokee (chr): ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏗ ᏗᏴᏈᏛᎥᏍᎩ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 文件夾
- Chuvash (cv): папка
- Croatian (hr): mapa
- Czech (cs): složka
- Danish (da): mappe
- Estonian (et): kaust
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): pasta de arquivo
- Faroese (fo): skjalalummi
- Filipino (fil): file folder
- Finnish (fi): tiedostokansio
- Galician (gl): cartafol
- Georgian (ka): საქაღალდე
- Gujarati (gu): ફાઇલ ફોલ્ડર
- Hausa (ha): foldar fayil
- Hungarian (hu): fájlmappa
- Icelandic (is): skráamappa
- Igbo (ig): foldà faịlị̀
- Irish (ga): fillteán comhad
- Javanese (jv): map berkas
- Kalaallisut (kl): mappe
- Kannada (kn): ಫೈಲ್ ಫೋಲ್ಡರ್
- Kazakh (kk): файл қалтасы
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): فايل قالتاسى
- Khmer (km): ស៊ឺម៉ីដាក់ឯកសារ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ububiko bwa dosiye
- Konkani (kok): फायल फोल्डर
- Kyrgyz (ky): файл куржуну
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): K’olkemchak rech Kemk’olib’al
- Lao (lo): ແຟ້ມເອກະສານ
- Latvian (lv): dokumentu mape
- Lithuanian (lt): failų aplankas
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): zarědnik
- Luxembourgish (lb): Fichiersdossier
- Macedonian (mk): папка со датотеки
- Malay (ms): folder fail
- Malayalam (ml): ഫയൽ ഫോൾഡർ
- Maltese (mt): fowlder tal-fajls
- Marathi (mr): फाईल फोल्डर
- Mongolian (mn): файлын хавтас
- Māori (mi): kōpaki kōnae
- Nepali (ne): फाइल फोल्डर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Faíl Fólda
- Northern Sotho (nso): faele ya foltara
- Norwegian (no): arkivmappe
- Odia (or): ଫାଇଲ୍‌ ଫୋଲ୍ଡଋ
- Oromo (om): kuusaa faayilaa
- Pashto (ps): دوتنې پوښۍ
- Punjabi (pa): ਫ਼ਾਈਲ ਫੋਲਡਰ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): فائل دا فولڈر
- Quechua (qu): willañiqi qillqana maytʼu
- Romanian (ro): dosar de arhivare
- Romansh (rm): dossier
- Sardinian (sc): cartella de documentos
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): pasgan faidhle
- Serbian (sr): фасцикла
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): fascikla
- Shan (shn): ၾူဝ်ႇတႃႇၾၢႆႇ
- Sindhi (sd): فائل فولڊر
- Sinhala (si): ගොනු ෆෝල්ඩරය
- Slovak (sk): fascikel
- Slovenian (sl): mapa za spise
- Somali (so): fooldarka faylasha
- Swahili (sw): folda ya faili
- Tajik (tg): ҷузвдони файлҳо
- Tamil (ta): கோப்புறை
- Telugu (te): ఫైల్ ఫోల్డర్
- Tigrinya (ti): ፋይል ማህደር
- Tongan (to): takafi faile
- Tswana (tn): setsholadifaele sa faele
- Turkmen (tk): faýl bukjasy
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): rjadowak
- Urdu (ur): فائل فولڈر
- Uyghur (ug): ھۆججەت قىسقۇچ
- Uzbek (uz): fayl jildi
- Welsh (cy): ffolder ffeiliau
- Wolof (wo): ëmbu taxañ
- Xhosa (xh): ifolda yefayile
- Yoruba (yo): fódà fáìlì
- Zulu (zu): ifolda yefayela

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F4C1` |
| HTML | `📁` |
| CSS | `\1F4C1` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F4C1}` |
| Python | `\U0001F4C1` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F 93 81` |
| UTF-16 | `D83D DCC1` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%93%81` |

## Questions

### What does the 📁 file folder emoji mean?

Closed and ready to hold documents, a file folder represents files and organization on a computer. It appears in posts about saving documents, filing paperwork, folders and directories.

### How do I type the 📁 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “file folder”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :file_folder:.

### When was the 📁 emoji added?

📁 was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

### What is the Unicode code point for 📁?

U+1F4C1. In HTML you can write 📁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F4C1}.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/file-folder-emoji