◀️Back button symbol

◀️ Reverse button

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◀️ Emoji meaning

Back, turning back, retreat, correction, left, and the past.

◀️ Meaning

Can you say that again? Or “I would like to go back there”! The button with the triangle to the left takes you back to the previous video, song or channel. You want to go back, relive the day or an event.

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Commonly confused with

Direction Variant

Reverse button

Reverse button vs fast reverse button; both left-pointing triangles used for previous/rewind.

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji “Reverse button” 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 changed

Keywords added

+ button

Keywords removed

- reverse button

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ reverse button

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

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ arrow + left + reverse + triangle

In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords removed

- left - reverse

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