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💾Floppy Disk Emoji
Unicode added 💾 floppy disk in Unicode 6.0 (2010), filed under Objects → Computer. Its codepoint is U+1F4BE, and it is tagged computer, disk and floppy.
What 💾 floppy disk means
Remote work, tech support and desk setup photos draw on this group, with 💻️ standing in for a job or a study session far more often than for a specific machine. The floppy disk 💾 is the clearest case of an emoji outliving its object: the hardware disappeared decades ago, but the shape survives as the save icon in most software.
Unicode tags this one computer, disk and floppy and files it under Objects → Computer.
Shortcodes
Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+1F4BE | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 💾 | |
| HTML decimal | 💾 | |
| CSS | \1F4BE | |
| JavaScript | \u{1F4BE} | |
| Python | \U0001F4BE | |
| Java / C# | \uD83D\uDCBE | |
| Rust | \u{1f4be} | |
| Swift | \u{1F4BE} | |
| PHP | \u{1F4BE} | |
| URL encoded | %F0%9F%92%BE | |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 92 BE | |
| UTF-16 bytes | D83D DCBE | |
| Base64 | 8J+Svg== | |
| Decimal | 128190 | |
| Introduced | Unicode 6.0 (2010) | |
Keywords
- computer
- disk
- floppy
Appears in these collections
How to type 💾
- Windows — press
Win + .and search “floppy disk”. - macOS — press
Ctrl + Cmd + Spaceto open the character viewer. - iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “computer”.
- Linux — press
Ctrl + Shift + U, then type1f4beand 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 💾 floppy disk emoji mean?+
💾 is the floppy disk emoji, tagged computer, disk and floppy. Remote work, tech support and desk setup photos draw on this group, with 💻️ standing in for a job or a study session far more often than for a specific machine. The floppy disk 💾 is the clearest case of an emoji outliving its object: the hardware disappeared decades ago, but the shape survives as the save icon in most software.
What is the Unicode code for 💾?+
floppy disk is U+1F4BE. In HTML that is 💾, in CSS \1F4BE, and in JavaScript \u{1F4BE}. The full table above lists every escape format.
When was the 💾 emoji added?+
floppy disk 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 Computer in Objects.
Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 💾 floppy disk.