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Forward Delete symbol

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What ⌦ is for

Forward delete, the mirror of backspace: it removes the character after the cursor. On Mac keyboards this is Fn plus delete, and the glyph points right where backspace points left.

How to type ⌦

The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With Emoji Anywhere installed you can skip all of them and type :forward_delete: 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 2326 with Option held.

Windows

No Alt code. In Word, type 2326 then press Alt + X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.

Shortcodes

:forward_delete:

On the web

HTML ⌦

Unicode U+2326

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