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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

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