Category: Symbols

⏹️stop button

⏹️ stop button belongs to Symbols. Copy it instantly, review its aliases and codepoints, and explore related emojis from the same set.

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Meaning

A square symbol used to represent stopping playback or halting an action.

Aliases

:stop_button:

Keywords

buttonsquarestopstop button

What does ⏹️ stop button mean?

The stop button emoji depicts a square symbol commonly found on media players. It is often used to indicate stopping audio or video playback, or to tell someone to halt what they are doing. Depending on context, it can also represent a full stop or the end of a process.

Often used for

Telling someone to stop talking or doing something
Indicating the end of a song or video
Representing a physical stop button on a device
Halting a process or activity

Tone: Because it can be used to abruptly tell someone to stop, it may come across as blunt or demanding in casual conversation.

Illustrative message examples with ⏹️

These examples are illustrative, not observed messages.

ok that's enough ⏹️
the movie is over ⏹️
please stop sending me those ⏹️
hitting the stop button on this project for today ⏹️
just press ⏹️ when you're done recording

How ⏹️ stop button looks

Appearance varies by device and platform — your system font draws the native version below.

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⏹️ stop button codes for developers

Every format below produces ⏹️ — click Copy on the one your stack needs.

Emoji	`⏹️`
Unicode codepoints	`U+23F9 U+FE0F`
HTML (decimal)	`⏹️`
HTML (hex)	`⏹️`
CSS	`\23F9\FE0F`
JavaScript	`\u{23F9}\u{FE0F}`
JSON	`\u23F9\uFE0F`
URL encoded	`%E2%8F%B9%EF%B8%8F`
Shortcode (GitHub)	`:stop_button:`