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 Twitter/X

Category Symbols

Subcategory av-symbol

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji graphics are licensed under CC-BY 4.0. You must provide appropriate credit when redistributing or modifying these assets.

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