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Pause Button emoji ⏸️

⏸️ is the Pause Button emoji, in Symbols. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like double, vertical, bar, blue, square.

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:double_vertical_bar:

Paste it with Ctrl + V, or Command + V on a Mac.

Every code for ⏸️

NamePause Button
Shortcodes:double_vertical_bar:
CategorySymbols
Emoji versionEmoji 1.0 (2015)
Keywordsdouble, vertical, bar, blue, square
Code pointsU+23F8 U+FE0F
HTML⏸️
CSS\23F8\FE0F
JavaScript\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}
Python\u23f8\ufe0f
UTF-8 bytesE2 8F B8 EF B8 8F
URL encoded%E2%8F%B8%EF%B8%8F

How to type ⏸️

Without copying it, on every device.

WhereHow
Chrome, any websiteWith Use Emoji, type :double_vertical_bar: in any text box and it turns into ⏸️.
WindowsPress Windows + . (period) to open the emoji panel, type "pause button" and press Enter.
MacPress Control + Command + Space (or fn / Globe + E), type "pause button" and press Return.
ChromebookPress Search + Shift + Space to open the emoji picker and type "pause button".
iPhone and AndroidSwitch to the emoji keyboard and search for "pause button".
HTMLWrite ⏸️ in the page source.

Questions

About ⏸️

Short answers to the questions people ask most.

What does ⏸️ mean?
⏸️ is the Pause Button emoji, in Symbols. It arrived in Emoji 1.0 (2015). People look for it with words like double, vertical, bar, blue, square.
What is the shortcode for ⏸️?
:double_vertical_bar:. With Use Emoji it works in any text box in Chrome, on the sites you turn it on for. Slack, Discord and GitHub use similar codes, so it often works there too.
How do I type ⏸️ on Windows or Mac?
On Windows press Windows + . (period), on a Mac Control + Command + Space, then type "pause button". On a Chromebook press Search + Shift + Space.
What is the Unicode for ⏸️?
U+23F8 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). In HTML write ⏸️, in CSS "\23F8\FE0F", and in JavaScript "\u{23F8}\u{FE0F}".

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