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📁File Folder Emoji
📁 file folder — U+1F4C1, added in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Unicode groups it with the other 23 office supplies emojis under Objects.
What 📁 file folder means
Work admin rendered in emoji: folders, calendars, clipboards and stationery. 📈 and 📉 escaped the office long ago and now caption anything trending up or down, from share prices to a person's mood across a week. 📌 and 📍 mean pinned and located, 📅 sets a date, and 🗑️ is how people discard an idea, a take or an ex without spelling it out.
Unicode tags this one file, folder and files it under Objects → Office Supplies.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F4C1 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 📁 | |
| HTML decimal | 📁 | |
| CSS | \1F4C1 | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4C1} | |
| Python | \U0001F4C1 | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDCC1 | |
| Rust | \u{1f4c1} | |
| Swift | \u{1F4C1} | |
| PHP | \u{1F4C1} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%93%81 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 93 81 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DCC1 | |
| Base64 | 8J+TgQ== | |
| Decimal | 128193 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
- file
- folder
Appears in these collections
How to type 📁
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “file folder”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “file”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f4c1and Enter. - HTML — paste
📁.
How 📁 renders
The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.
- 📁Apple
- 📁Segoe
- 📁Noto
- 📁System
Frequently asked questions
What does the 📁 file folder emoji mean?+
📁 is the file folder emoji, tagged file, folder. Work admin rendered in emoji: folders, calendars, clipboards and stationery. 📈 and 📉 escaped the office long ago and now caption anything trending up or down, from share prices to a person's mood across a week. 📌 and 📍 mean pinned and located, 📅 sets a date, and 🗑️ is how people discard an idea, a take or an ex without spelling it out.
What is the Unicode code for 📁?+
file folder is U+1F4C1. In HTML that is 📁, in CSS \1F4C1, and in JavaScript \u{1F4C1}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 📁 emoji added?+
file folder got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.
Related emojis
More emojis from Office Supplies in Objects.
Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 📁 file folder.