Anticlockwise circle arrow

Meaning and uses

A circular arrow turning anticlockwise. It means undo, reload or go back, and it is common in instructions.

Unicode details

↺ is the Unicode character named ANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW, code point U+21BA, in the Arrows block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ↺

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 21BA and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ↺.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “anticlockwise open circle arrow”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 21ba, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ↺. In a CSS content property, use "\21BA".