U+2326 · Other symbol
Erase To The Right Symbol ⌦
⌦ is erase to the right, U+2326. Unicode also records it as “delete to the right key”. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- delete to the right key
Unicode 1.0 called this character delete to the right key. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2326 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⌦ | |
| HTML decimal | ⌦ | |
| CSS | \2326 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2326} | |
| Python | \U00002326 | |
| Java / C# | \u2326 | |
| Rust | \u{2326} | |
| Swift | \u{2326} | |
| PHP | \u{2326} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%8C%A6 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8C A6 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2326 | |
| Base64 | 4oym | |
| Decimal | 8998 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ⌦ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ⌦ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ⌦ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
Symbols from engineering, electronics and computing: APL operators, keyboard keys, dentistry and cartography marks. The ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⏎ keys people paste into shortcut documentation live here.
How to type ⌦
| Windows | Type 2326 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “erase to the right” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2326, press Enter |
| HTML | ⌦ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⌦ erase to the right symbol?
- On Windows, type 2326 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2326. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⌦?
- Erase To The Right is U+2326. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⌦?
- Erase To The Right is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.