Outbox tray Emoji

Objects

A white tray with an arrow pointing upward and outward, indicating that an item is exiting the container. It represents the digital process of sending data or correspondence.

Usage Context

Used to denote sent messages, outgoing mail, or documents that have been successfully transferred. It is the functional opposite of the 📥 inbox tray emoji and serves as a visual confirmation that an action has been completed.

History

This icon became a standard feature of early graphical email clients and desktop operating systems in the 1990s. It was designed to mimic the physical 'out' baskets found on office desks to make digital interfaces more intuitive for early computer users.

Details

Glyph

📤

Unicode

U+1F4E4

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4e4:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCE4;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory mail

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.

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