Control Key symbol
Type :control_key: · Tech & keys
Unicode name Up Arrowhead · Miscellaneous Technical block · added in Unicode 1.1, 1993
What ⌃ is for
The Mac control key glyph. Note that control on a Mac is not the same key as Ctrl on Windows in most shortcuts: the Windows equivalent of a Mac command shortcut is usually Ctrl, which is a recurring source of confusion in cross-platform docs.
How to type ⌃
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:control_key: in any text field instead, which
is the same on every platform.
macOS
No direct shortcut. Use Edit → Emoji & Symbols, or switch to the Unicode Hex
Input source and type 2303 with Option
held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2303 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:control_key: On the web
HTML ⌃
Unicode U+2303
JavaScript '\u{2303}'
CSS "\2303"
Python '\u2303'
URL %E2%8C%83
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