# ◀️ Reverse button emoji

◀️ Reverse button is an emoji in the audio and video symbols set of Symbols. It was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. Related words: arrow, left and triangle.

- Emoji: ◀️
- Unicode name: reverse button
- Code points: U+25C0 U+FE0F
- Category: Symbols, Audio and video symbols
- Added: Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- GitHub shortcode: :arrow_backward:
- Keywords: arrow, button, left, reverse, triangle
- Page: https://emojichart.com/reverse-button-emoji

## What it means

A left-pointing triangle, the reverse or play-backward control on media players. People use it to mean going back or rewinding, to point leftward, and as a marker for moving to a previous item.

## How to type ◀️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | retroceso | izquierda, retroceso, triángulo |
| Français (fr) | bouton retour | bouton retour, flèche, gauche, retour, triangle |
| Deutsch (de) | Pfeil zurück | Dreieck, links, Pfeil, zurück |
| Italiano (it) | pulsante di riavvolgimento | pulsante, pulsante di riavvolgimento, pulsante riavvolgimento, rewind, sinistra, tasto riavvolgimento, triangolo |
| Português (pt) | botão de voltar | botão de voltar, esquerda, seta, seta para a esquerda, triângulo, voltar |
| Nederlands (nl) | knop voor terugspoelen | achteruit, driehoek, knop, links, pijl |
| Svenska (sv) | bakåtspolningsknapp | bakåtspolningsknapp, knapp, knapp för spola tillbaka, spola tillbaka |
| Polski (pl) | wstecz | strzałka, trójkąt, w lewo, wstecz |
| Türkçe (tr) | geri düğmesi | geri düğmesi, ok, sol, ters, üçgen |
| Русский (ru) | реверс | влево, кнопка, назад, обратный, реверс, стрелка |
| Українська (uk) | кнопка реверсу | вліво, кнопка «Назад», кнопка реверсу, назад, попередня пісня, стрілка, стрілка ліворуч, трикутник |
| Ελληνικά (el) | κουμπί επαναφοράς | αντιστροφή, αριστερά, βέλος, κουμπί επαναφοράς, τρίγωνο |
| العربية (ar) | زر ترجيع | ترجيع, زر, سهم, مثلث, يسار |
| עברית (he) | לחצן השמעה לאחור | השמעה, חץ, לאחור, משולש |
| فارسی (fa) | دکمهٔ برگرداندن | برگرداندن, پیکان, چپ, دکمه برگرداندن, دکمهٔ برگرداندن, قبل, مثلث |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पीछे जाएँ बटन | तीर, त्रिकोण, त्रिभुज, पीछे जाएँ, पीछे जाएँ बटन, बाईं, बाई ओर, बाएँ, बायाँ, रिवर्स, वापस जाएँ |
| বাংলা (bn) | রিভার্স বোতাম | তীর, ত্রিভুজ, প্লে রিভার্স বোতাম, বাম, বিপরীত, রিভার্স বোতাম |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | tombol mundur | kiri, mundur, panah, segitiga, terbalik, tombol |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | nút tua lại | mũi tên, nút tua lại, tam giác, trái, tua lại |
| ไทย (th) | ย้อนกลับ | ซ้าย, ย้อนกลับ, ลูกศร, สามเหลี่ยม |
| 日本語 (ja) | 逆再生ボタン | ボタン, 巻き戻し, 矢印, 逆再生, 逆再生ボタン |
| 한국어 (ko) | 반대로 버튼 | 되돌리기 버튼, 반대, 반대로 버튼, 복귀, 삼각형, 화살표 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 倒退按钮 | 三角, 倒转, 倒退按钮, 后退, 向左, 左 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 倒轉 | 倒轉, 左, 按鈕 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): speelterug-knoppie
- Akan (ak): kɔ akyi bɔtom
- Albanian (sq): butoni i kthimit prapa
- Amharic (am): ወደ ኋላ መልስ አዝራር
- Armenian (hy): հետադարձման կոճակ
- Assamese (as): পিছলৈ বুটাম
- Azerbaijani (az): geriyə düyməsi
- Bashkir (ba): кирегә төймәһе
- Basque (eu): alderantziz erreproduzitzeko botoia
- Belarusian (be): кнопка «прайграць назад»
- Bosnian (bs): dugme za premotavanje
- Bulgarian (bg): бутон за връщане
- Burmese (my): နောက်ပြန် ခလုတ်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): bouton de retour
- Cantonese (yue): 回帶按鈕
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 回带按钮
- Catalan (ca): botó de retrocedir
- Cherokee (chr): ᏗᎦᏁᏍᏈᏔᏅᎢ ᎦᏗ
- Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) (zh-Hant-HK): 回帶按鈕
- Chuvash (cv): реверс
- Croatian (hr): tipka za pretraživanje unatrag
- Czech (cs): tlačítko přehrávání pozpátku
- Danish (da): knap til baglæns afspilning
- Estonian (et): tagurpidi esitamise nupp
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): botão de inversão
- Faroese (fo): spola aftur knappur
- Filipino (fil): button na i-reverse
- Finnish (fi): kelaa hitaasti taakse
- Galician (gl): botón de retroceso
- Georgian (ka): გადახვევის ღილაკი
- Gujarati (gu): રિવર્સ કરો બટન
- Hausa (ha): maɓallin juyawa baya
- Hungarian (hu): visszajátszás gomb
- Icelandic (is): hnappur til að spóla til baka
- Igbo (ig): weghàchie ọdụmbi àzụ
- Irish (ga): cnaipe siar
- Javanese (jv): tombol mbalik
- Kalaallisut (kl): knap til baglæns afspilning
- Kannada (kn): ರಿವರ್ಸ್ ಬಟನ್
- Kazakh (kk): кері қайтару түймесі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): كەرى قايتارۋ باتىرماسى
- Khmer (km): ប៊ូតុងចាក់បញ្ច្រាស
- Kinyarwanda (rw): ibuto yo gusubiza inyuma
- Konkani (kok): फाटीं घेवप बटण
- Kyrgyz (ky): артка баскычы
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): pitz’b’al rech tzalijisab’al
- Lao (lo): ປຸ່ມຖອຍຫຼັງ
- Latin American Spanish (es-419): retroceder
- Latvian (lv): poga Atpakaļ
- Lithuanian (lt): atvirkštinė tvarka
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): tasta "wjerś slědk"
- Luxembourgish (lb): Récklafknäppchen
- Macedonian (mk): копче за премотување наназад
- Malay (ms): butang undur
- Malayalam (ml): റിവേഴ്‌സ് ബട്ടൺ
- Maltese (mt): buttuna reverse
- Marathi (mr): मागे न्या बटण
- Mongolian (mn): буцаах товчлуур
- Māori (mi): pātene whakamuri
- Nepali (ne): उल्ट्याउने बटन
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Rivás Bọ́tin
- Northern Sotho (nso): konope ya go boetša morago
- Norwegian (no): bakover-knapp
- Odia (or): ବିପରୀତ ବଟନ୍‌
- Oromo (om): qabduu duubatti deebisuu
- Pashto (ps): د بيرته تلو بټن
- Punjabi (pa): ਪਿੱਛੇ ਜਾਣ ਲਈ ਬਟਨ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): پچھے کرن دا بٹن
- Quechua (qu): qhipanman ñitina
- Romanian (ro): buton de inversare
- Romansh (rm): buttun revers
- Sardinian (sc): butone de incuida
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): putan “Deireadh air thoiseach”
- Serbian (sr): дугме за репродукцију уназад
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): dugme za reprodukciju unazad
- Shan (shn): ၼဵၼ်ႁူၼ်
- Sindhi (sd): پوئتي ڪرڻ جو بٽڻ
- Sinhala (si): ආපස්සට බොත්තම
- Slovak (sk): tlačidlo spätného prehrávania
- Slovenian (sl): gumb za predvajanje nazaj
- Somali (so): badhanka dib u celinta
- Spanish (United States) (es-US): botón de retroceso
- Swahili (sw): kitufe cha kurudisha nyuma
- Tajik (tg): тугмаи "Гузариш ба қафо"
- Tamil (ta): ரிவர்ஸ் பட்டன்
- Telugu (te): వెనక్కి వెళ్లే బటన్
- Tigrinya (ti): መምለሲ መልጎም
- Tongan (to): meʻalolomi foki
- Tswana (tn): konopo ya boela morago
- Turkmen (tk): tersine düwmesi
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): tłóčatko "wjerć wróćo"
- Urdu (ur): پیچھے جانے کا بٹن
- Uyghur (ug): تېز قايتۇرۇش كۇنۇپكىسى
- Uzbek (uz): orqaga o‘tkazish tugmasi
- Welsh (cy): botwm cildroi
- Wolof (wo): bitoŋu delloo ginaaw
- Xhosa (xh): iqhosha lokubuyisela emva
- Yoruba (yo): Bọ́tínì ìdápadà
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Bɔ́tínì ìdápadà
- Zulu (zu): inkinobho yokubuyela emuva

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+25C0 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `◀️` |
| CSS | `\25C0\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{25C0}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\u25C0\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `E2 97 80 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `25C0 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%E2%97%80%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the ◀️ reverse button emoji mean?

A left-pointing triangle, the reverse or play-backward control on media players. People use it to mean going back or rewinding, to point leftward, and as a marker for moving to a previous item.

### How do I type the ◀️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “reverse button”. 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 :arrow_backward:.

### When was the ◀️ emoji added?

◀️ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.

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

U+25C0 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write ◀️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{25C0}\u{FE0F}.

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