๐Ÿ”•

๐Ÿ”• Emoji meaning

Do not disturb! Discretion, silent, break, quiet area, bedtime.

๐Ÿ”• Meaning

The phone is muted! The crossed-out bell can be a hint. Someone is in a quiet area, e.g. a cinema or library, and needs to mute the cell phone.

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Bell with slash
โ†”
Bell

Bell vs bell with slash; difference between notifications on/off can be missed at small size.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œBell with slashโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ no + not + prohibited + slash + sound

Keywords removed

- bell with slash

In the release of Emoji 11.0 and Unicode 11.0 in 2018 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- no - not - prohibited

In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bell with slash

In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ bell + forbidden + mute + no + not + prohibited + quiet + silent

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