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Keyboard symbol · A pointed box with an X

⌫ Delete (Backspace) key symbol

Our drawing, not Apple’s or Microsoft’s artwork.

⌫ is the Mac’s Delete key, the one Windows keyboards call Backspace: it deletes the character to the left of the insertion point. The box points left, the way it erases.

The symbol
⌫
Name on a Mac
Delete
Name on a Windows PC
Backspace (Apple states it)
Unicode
U+232B ERASE TO THE LEFT
In HTML
⌫
Where the key is
Top right of the letter keys, at the end of the row of numbers.

What Apple says

  • Delete ⌫ Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, list of modifier-key symbols under Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Control-H Delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Or use Delete. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Control-H, text-editing shortcuts

On a Windows PC

  • Backspace → Delete Press Delete to delete the character to the left of the insertion point. Press Fn–Delete to delete the character to the right of the insertion point. Apple Support (Mac User Guide), Windows keys on a Mac keyboard, table row Backspace
  • Backspace Delete characters to the left of the cursor. Microsoft Support, Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, Text editing keyboard shortcuts

The character: U+232B ERASE TO THE LEFT

To type or paste it anywhere, copy this: ⌫. It is U+232B in Unicode, named ERASE TO THE LEFT, shown in the code chart Unicode Consortium, Code chart: Miscellaneous Technical, U+2300 to U+23FF, U+232B

The Unicode names list annotates this character: delete to the left key. Unicode Consortium, NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations), U+232B

Other symbols of the same shape

⌦ Forward DeleteU+2326

More keyboard symbols

⌘ CommandU+2318⌥ OptionU+2325⌃ ControlU+2303⇧ ShiftU+21E7⇪ Caps LockU+21EA⎋ EscapeU+238B⇥ TabU+21E5⏎ ReturnU+23CE⏏ EjectU+23CF⇞ Page UpU+21DE⇟ Page DownU+21DF⇱ HomeU+21F1⇲ EndU+21F2🌐 Fn / GlobeU+1F310

Sources

Each line in quotation marks is copied from the page named, read on the date shown. Unicode names and code points are copied from the Unicode names list and code charts.