🔓 Unlocked
🔓 Emoji meaning
Unlocked, accessible, public, insecure, or info shared.
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🔓 Meaning
An open padlock. “Something is open to you or available”, or: “I'm going to uncover something that has been a secret up to now”. Also possible: “Caution, this information is not secure!”
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Commonly confused with
Intensity Variant
Unlocked vs locked with key; padlocks with subtle differences can be misread.
Same Shape
Locked vs unlocked; both padlock icons, open vs closed detail may be overlooked.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Unlocked” was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there were 2 changes.
Emoji title before
open lock
Emoji title after
unlocked
Keywords added
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
Keywords removed
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Comments
(2) Comments
Esther Use this emoji for the person loved, cared for, and cherished.
Anonymous Open to everyone, opened to go away.