Up Left Arrow symbol
Type :up_left_arrow: · Arrows
What ↖ is for
Diagonal, back and up. Often means "return to the parent" in a tree, or points at something in the top-left of a screenshot.
How to type ↖
The shortcuts below are the built-in routes. With
Emoji Anywhere
installed you can skip all of them and type
:up_left_arrow: 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 2196
with Option held.
Windows
No Alt code. In Word, type 2196 then press Alt +
X. Elsewhere use the emoji panel with Win + Period, or Character Map.
Shortcodes
:up_left_arrow: On the web
HTML ↖
Unicode U+2196
More from arrows
:arrow: ← :larrow: ↑ :uparrow: ↓ :downarrow: ↔ :left_right_arrow: ↕ :up_down_arrow: ↗ :up_right_arrow: ↘ :down_right_arrow: ↙ :down_left_arrow: ⇒ :implies: ⇐ :double_left_arrow: ⇑ :double_up_arrow: Every symbol and kaomoji is in the full gallery .
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