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 Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory mail

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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