An open padlock, the unlocked emoji is the flip side of security — a lock that's been sprung. It marks open accounts, removed restrictions, and content no longer gated behind privacy settings, and doubles as a warning that something meant to be secure currently isn't.
What 🔓 means
A padlock similar to the one in the 🔒 Locked emoji but with an opened locking device. The 🔓 Unlocked emoji represents the evident act of unlocking something that was priorly locked. It could symbolize a sense of unleashing, revealing, and discovering something.
How and when to use it
- You can use 🔓 as a reference to 'access'. For example, "The link is now open! 🔓" or "You'll be able to freely login now 🔓".
- If you're using 'unlock' in a metaphorical way to fill into your post caption or even a text conversation, use 🔓 - "Never be afraid of eventually unlocking all your locked doors 🔓" or "You'd never know what you're capable of unless you unlock that interest! 🔓".
- 🔓 can also symbolize an available time frame. For instance, "We'll be open for registration between 9 AM and 9 PM 🔓" or "There wouldn't be much time for anything else during that small time gap 🔓".
- If you're speaking about privacy disruption and encroachment, 🔓 could be of help. Like, "Do not ever give anyone the permission to disrupt two things; your peace of mind and your privacy 🔓" or "Ensure to always ask permission before you try to unlock someone else's door 🔓" (metaphorically, literally would be legal).
Other Names
- 🔓 Unlocking
- 🔓 Open Lock
- 🔓 Open Padlock
- 🔓 Unlock
- 🔓 Unbar
- 🔓 Unfasten
- 🔓 Unclose
The lowdown
- Category
- Objects › lock
- Codepoints
U+1F513- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:unlock::unlocked:Discord- Keywords
- cracked, lock, open, unlock, unlocked
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 — 🔓 Unlocked or 👬 Men Holding Hands?