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⌦ Forward Delete key symbol

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⌦ is Forward Delete: it deletes the character to the right of the insertion point, like the Delete key on a Windows PC. Most Mac laptops have no such key; Apple gives Fn-Delete instead.

The symbol
⌦
Name on a Mac
Forward Delete (or Fn-Delete)
Name on a Windows PC
Del or Delete (Apple states it)
Unicode
U+2326 ERASE TO THE RIGHT
In HTML
⌦
Where the key is
Only on full-size keyboards, in the small block of editing keys between the letters and the number pad. Laptop and compact keyboards leave it out.

What Apple says

  • Fn-Delete Forward delete on keyboards that don't have a Forward Delete key. Or use Control-D. Apple Support, Mac keyboard shortcuts, Fn-Delete, text-editing shortcuts

On a Windows PC

  • Delete → Fn-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 Delete
  • Del or Delete Delete characters to the right of the cursor. Microsoft Support, Keyboard shortcuts in Windows, Text editing keyboard shortcuts

The character: U+2326 ERASE TO THE RIGHT

To type or paste it anywhere, copy this: ⌦. It is U+2326 in Unicode, named ERASE TO THE RIGHT, shown in the code chart Unicode Consortium, Code chart: Miscellaneous Technical, U+2300 to U+23FF, U+2326

The Unicode names list annotates this character: delete to the right key. Unicode Consortium, NamesList.txt, The Unicode Standard 18.0.0 (character names and annotations), U+2326

Other symbols of the same shape

⌫ Delete (Backspace)U+232B

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.