Eject button Emoji

Symbols

A horizontal rectangle containing a triangle pointing upward atop a solid horizontal line. This icon visually identifies the physical mechanism used to release media from a device.

Usage Context

Used to signal the act of quitting a task, leaving a conversation, or literally asking for something to be removed. It is frequently sent as a joke when someone wants to bail on a social gathering, often paired with the 👋 or 🏃 emojis.

History

This symbol originated on 20th-century consumer electronics like VCRs, cassette decks, and CD players. It was standardized for digital interfaces in Unicode 4.0 in 2003 to ensure that control icons remained consistent across evolving multimedia software.

Details

Glyph

⏏

Unicode

U+23CF

Shortcode

:emoji_u23cf:

HTML Entity

⏏

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Symbols

Subcategory av-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

Apache 2.0 SIL OFL 1.1 Noto Repository