📥
A tray catching a letter with a red arrow pointing down into it, the mirror image of 📤 Outbox Tray. It stands for an inbox on any platform, email, messages, notifications, and the general idea of things landing to be dealt with.
What 📥 means
Very similar in design to the 📤 Outbox Tray, this emoji has a downward-facing red arrow instead of an upward one. The 📥 Inbox Tray emoji represents an inbox found in any emailing or messaging platform. It suggests a collection and a record of messages/mails.
How and when to use it
- 📥 is another useful emoji while referring to incoming direct messages (DMs) or mails. If you're indicating such incoming messages in any context, use this emoji.
- The same use-case as the previous one, but a different way of putting it would be 'inboxing someone'. If you're asking someone to message you privately or have a private conversation virtually, you may use 📥. For example, "Let's continue this conversation elsewhere. Inbox me📥"
- You may use 📥 to refer to a downloadable link, image, or any other content format too. Like, "To know more about the event, download this link 📥". In fact, you wouldn't have to mention the word 'download', once you use 📥 as it would automatically intend the same.
- 📥 can also be used to indicate a 'contribution'. If you're sharing a post or repost that intends to raise funds, you can use this emoji as a way of saying "Contribute here! 📥".
Other Names
- 📥 Inbox
- 📥 Inbox Me
- 📥 Direct Message
- 📥 Incoming Mails
- 📥 Inbox Mail
- 📥 Message Inbox
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › mail
- Codepoints
U+1F4E5- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:inbox_tray:- Keywords
- box, email, inbox, letter, mail, receive, tray, zero
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 📥 Inbox Tray or 🪈 Flute?