Ballot box

Meaning and uses

An empty square box, the unticked state of a checklist. Pair it with ☑ to show what is done and what is still open.

Unicode details

☐ is the Unicode character named BALLOT BOX, code point U+2610, in the Miscellaneous Symbols 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 2610 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 “ballot box”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2610, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ☐. In a CSS content property, use "\2610".