⏪ Fast Reverse Button's double left-pointing triangles, plus a vertical bar marking where the previous track starts. This jumps back to the song or chapter before instead of rewinding inside the current one, the back-skip on any playlist or podcast app, tapped constantly to replay a track that just ended or bail on one that hasn't landed yet.
What ⏮️ means
A ⏪ Fast-Reverse Button coupled with a short vertical bar on the left corner, touching the first triangle from the left. The ⏮️ Last Track Button emoji signifies returning to a track, listening to it again, this time, maybe with a different emotion.
How and when to use it
- Some reasons why we replay the last track are: we love the previous song better than the present, skipped an amazing track by mistake, or to listen to a specific part in the last song. Nonetheless, you could use ⏮️ while bringing in all these implications to real-life conversations.
- Examples for the previous point - "I liked the previous style better. Could we please switch that in? ⏮️", "Be grateful for the moment. You don't always get to relive it with the same person ⏮️", or "Wait a minute. Can we go back 15 mins to when you told that to me? ⏮️".
- While being critical, thoughtful, yet polite about your opinions, ⏮️ would come in handy. For instance, "This poem is great. But I really loved the previous one ⏮️" or "You're always handsome. But, I think the outfit you sent earlier was a lot more appealing ⏮️".
- Going back to something guarantees one thing; a new perspective. So, if you're referring to a situation, conversation, or even a relationship that deserves a second chance or a new outlook, you can use ⏮️.
- ⏮️ is not replay or rewind. It's listening to a passed song (reliving a passed memory, experience, anything) again. Like, "Could we please bring back that trend??? ⏮️" or "You don't need sit and cry about your last mistake ⏮️ No one's perfect. You're willing to learn and that's all that makes a difference".
Other Names
- ⏮️ Last Song
- ⏮️ Play Last Track
- ⏮️ Play Previous Track Button
- ⏮️ Skip to Previous Track
- ⏮️ Previous Button
- ⏮️ Skip Backward Symbol
- ⏮️ Black Left-Pointing Double Triangle With Vertical Bar
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › av-symbol
- Codepoints
U+23EE U+FE0F- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:previous_track_button:GitHub- Keywords
- arrow, button, last, previous, scene, track, triangle
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 — ⏮️ Last Track Button or 🥇 1st Place Medal?