A red circle with a white horizontal bar, the no-entry emoji is a literal traffic sign for 'do not enter.' It marks off-limits territory — a closed thread, a blocked path, a firm boundary — carrying a slightly more official, road-sign feel than the diagonal-slash prohibited sign.
What ⛔ means
A red circle with a short and thick white horizontal line at the center. The ⛔ No Entry emoji signifies restriction to a specific (or general) place, situation, conversation, etc. It is also used as an 'alert' emoji sometimes.
How and when to use it
- If you're suggesting disallowance in any context, use ⛔. For instance, "Nope. That "friend" of yours wouldn't be allowed ⛔", or "I'm sorry. We won't be entertaining such a tone in here ⛔".
- ⛔ may also symbolize a ban or a sense of banning something (or someone). Like, "Negative thoughts are banned this year! ⛔" or "What would it take to ban opportunists in my life??!! ⛔".
- If you're sharing a social media status, a post/repost, or even a text message indicating the receiver/viewer not to disturb you or be of any disturbance, bring in ⛔. For example, "DND ⛔" or "I'll be taking a walk now. Please don't disturb me ⛔. The walk is out of your life".
- Since ⛔ is counted under the 'alert' emojis, you can use it while sharing content that needs urgent attention or even while sharing a 'report' of anything - "The recent news report of today's incident ⛔".
Other Names
- ⛔ Do Not Enter
- ⛔ Restricted Entry
- ⛔ Do Not Disturb
- ⛔ Red Circle With White Line
- ⛔ No Entry Symbol
- ⛔ Red Alert
- ⛔ Alert
⛔ in real conversations
What does ⛔ mean in texting?
Off-limits, full stop — the road-sign 'do not enter' repurposed for anything that's banned or shut down. 'That topic is ⛔ tonight' means don't even bring it up.
What does ⛔ mean from a girl?
Shutting a subject or a person down hard — an ex, a bad idea, a line that shouldn't be crossed. It's blunter than a plain no; it's a boundary being drawn.
Is ⛔ the same as 🚫?
Close, but ⛔ leans on the traffic 'no entry' sign specifically, while 🚫 is the general prohibited symbol. In everyday texting people use them almost interchangeably for 'not allowed.'
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › warning
- Codepoints
U+26D4- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:no_entry:- Keywords
- do, entry, fail, forbidden, no, not, pass, prohibited, traffic
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 — ⛔ No Entry or 🥫 Canned Food?
Runs with a crowd
⛔ keeps company in red emojis — tap-to-copy sets for when one emoji isn't enough.