How to Type Phone Symbols ✆ ☎ ☏ 📞 📱 on Keyboard (+ Copy & Paste)

Phone symbols are special characters and emoji that look like telephones, mobile phones, phone receivers, signal bars, vibration mode, and phone-off signs.

Some common phone symbols include:

✆ ☎ ☏ ℡ 📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 ☎️

You can use them in documents, contact pages, resumes, flyers, business cards, websites, social media bios, WhatsApp posts, and email signatures.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to type phone symbols on Windows, Mac, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs, iPhone, Android, Chromebook, HTML, and more.

You can also copy and paste the phone symbols below if you need them quickly.

Popular phone symbols:

✆ ☎ ☏ ℡ 📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 ☎️ 🕻 🕽 🕼 🖁 🕾 🕿 🖀

Quick Reference: Common Phone Symbols

Phone Symbol	Name	Unicode
✆	Telephone Location Sign	U+2706
☎	Black Telephone	U+260E
☎️	Telephone Emoji Style	U+260E U+FE0F
☏	White Telephone	U+260F
℡	Telephone Sign	U+2121
📞	Telephone Receiver	U+1F4DE
📱	Mobile Phone	U+1F4F1
📲	Mobile Phone with Arrow	U+1F4F2
📳	Vibration Mode	U+1F4F3
📴	Mobile Phone Off	U+1F4F4
📶	Antenna Bars / Signal Bars	U+1F4F6
📵	No Mobile Phones	U+1F4F5
🤳	Selfie	U+1F933
🕻	Telephone Receiver Symbol	U+1F57B
🕽	Telephone Receiver Symbol	U+1F57D
🕼	Fax Machine	U+1F57C
🖁	Mobile Phone Symbol	U+1F581
🕾	Personal Phone	U+1F57E
🕿	Black Phone	U+1F57F
🖀	Big Black Phone	U+1F580

The Fastest Way to Type a Phone Symbol

The fastest method depends on the symbol and the app you are using.

What you want	Best method
Telephone symbol ☎	Use Unicode in Word, Character Map, or copy and paste
Phone symbol ✆	Use Unicode in Word or copy and paste
White telephone ☏	Use Unicode in Word or copy and paste
Mobile phone emoji 📱	Use the emoji keyboard
Telephone receiver emoji 📞	Use the emoji keyboard
Signal bars 📶	Use the emoji keyboard or copy and paste
No mobile phones 📵	Use the emoji keyboard or copy and paste
Phone symbol in HTML	Use HTML entity or Unicode
Phone symbol in Word	Use Unicode + Alt + X

Method 1: Type Phone Symbols in Microsoft Word Using Unicode

Microsoft Word has one of the easiest methods for typing phone symbols.

You type the Unicode code, then press:

Alt + X

For example:

260E + Alt + X = ☎

To type the telephone symbol ☎ in Word:

1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. Click where you want the phone symbol.
3. Type 260E.
4. Press Alt + X.

Word will convert the code into:

☎

Phone Symbol Unicode Shortcuts for Word

Symbol	Name	Type this in Word	Then press
✆	Telephone Location Sign	2706	Alt + X
☎	Black Telephone	260E	Alt + X
☏	White Telephone	260F	Alt + X
℡	Telephone Sign	2121	Alt + X
📞	Telephone Receiver	1F4DE	Alt + X
📱	Mobile Phone	1F4F1	Alt + X
📲	Mobile Phone with Arrow	1F4F2	Alt + X
📳	Vibration Mode	1F4F3	Alt + X
📴	Mobile Phone Off	1F4F4	Alt + X
📵	No Mobile Phones	1F4F5	Alt + X
📶	Antenna Bars	1F4F6	Alt + X
🤳	Selfie	1F933	Alt + X
🕻	Telephone Receiver Symbol	1F57B	Alt + X
🕽	Telephone Receiver Symbol	1F57D	Alt + X
🕼	Fax Machine	1F57C	Alt + X
🖁	Mobile Phone Symbol	1F581	Alt + X
🕾	Personal Phone	1F57E	Alt + X
🕿	Black Phone	1F57F	Alt + X
🖀	Big Black Phone	1F580	Alt + X

Important: Unicode + Alt + X works best in Microsoft Word. It may not work the same way in every other app.

Method 2: Insert Phone Symbols in Microsoft Word Using the Symbol Menu

If you do not want to remember Unicode codes, use the Symbol menu in Word.

To insert phone symbols in Word:

1. Open your Word document.
2. Click where you want to insert the phone symbol.
3. Go to Insert.
4. Click Symbol.
5. Click More Symbols.
6. In the font box, choose Segoe UI Symbol or another Unicode-supported font.
7. Look for phone symbols like ✆, ☎, ☏, or ℡.
8. Click the symbol you want.
9. Click Insert.
10. Click Close.

For emoji-style phone symbols like 📞 and 📱, you may need to use Segoe UI Emoji or the emoji panel.

Method 3: Type Phone Symbols on Windows

On Windows, the easiest methods are:

1. Copy and paste.
2. Use Microsoft Word Unicode.
3. Use Character Map.
4. Use the emoji panel.

Unlike some symbols, common phone symbols such as ☎ and ✆ do not have simple universal Alt codes that work reliably in every app.

Option 1: Copy and paste

Copy the phone symbol from the top of this page and paste it wherever you need it.

Good choices:

☎ ✆ ☏ 📞 📱 📲 📶

Option 2: Use Character Map on Windows

Character Map lets you find and copy phone symbols.

1. Click the Windows search box.
2. Type Character Map.
3. Open the Character Map app.
4. Choose a font like Segoe UI Symbol.
5. Search or browse for phone symbols.
6. Click the symbol you want.
7. Click Select.
8. Click Copy.
9. Paste it into your document.

This works well for text-style phone symbols like:

✆ ☎ ☏ ℡

Option 3: Use the Windows emoji panel

For emoji-style phone symbols, use the emoji panel.

1. Click where you want to type.
2. Press Windows key + .
   or Windows key + ;
3. Search for:
   • phone
   • mobile
   • telephone
   • signal
4. Click the phone emoji you want.

Common options include:

📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 🤳

Method 4: Type Phone Symbols on Mac

On Mac, the easiest method is to use the Character Viewer.

To insert phone symbols on Mac:

1. Click where you want to insert the phone symbol.
2. Press Control + Command + Space.
3. The Character Viewer will open.
4. Search for:
   • phone
   • telephone
   • mobile
   • receiver
   • signal
5. Double-click the symbol or emoji you want.

You can insert phone symbols like:

☎ ☏ 📞 📱 📲 📶 📵

If you use a phone symbol often, you can add it to your favorites in the Character Viewer.

Method 5: Type Phone Symbols in Excel

You can use phone symbols in Excel cells, dashboards, contact lists, tables, and reports.

Option 1: Copy and paste

The easiest method is to copy a phone symbol from this page and paste it into Excel.

Examples:

☎
✆
📞
📱
📶

Option 2: Use Insert Symbol in Excel

1. Click the cell where you want the phone symbol.
2. Go to Insert.
3. Click Symbol.
4. Choose a font like Segoe UI Symbol or Segoe UI Emoji.
5. Select the phone symbol.
6. Click Insert.

Option 3: Use phone symbols in Excel formulas

You can add a phone symbol before a number or label.

Example:

="☎ "&A1

If cell A1 contains a phone number, the result may look like:

☎ 0245919730

You can also use:

="📞 "&A1

This gives a more emoji-style phone label.

Method 6: Type Phone Symbols in PowerPoint

Phone symbols are useful in PowerPoint slides for contact information, business presentations, service flyers, company profiles, and call-to-action slides.

Option 1: Copy and paste

Copy a phone symbol from this page and paste it into a PowerPoint text box.

Examples:

☎ Contact Us
📞 Call Now
📱 Mobile Support

Option 2: Use Insert Symbol

1. Click inside a text box.
2. Go to Insert.
3. Click Symbol.
4. Choose a phone symbol.
5. Click Insert.

Option 3: Use the emoji panel

On Windows, press:

Windows key + .

Then search for “phone”.

On Mac, press:

Control + Command + Space

Then search for “phone”.

Method 7: Type Phone Symbols in Google Docs

Google Docs has a built-in Special Characters tool.

To insert phone symbols in Google Docs:

1. Open Google Docs.
2. Click where you want the symbol.
3. Go to Insert.
4. Click Special characters.
5. Search for:
   • phone
   • telephone
   • mobile
6. Click the symbol you want.

You can also draw a phone shape in the search box if you cannot find it by typing.

For emoji-style phone symbols such as 📞 and 📱, copy and paste or use your device’s emoji keyboard.

Method 8: Type Phone Symbols in Google Sheets

Google Sheets does not have the same full Special Characters menu as Google Docs, so copy and paste is usually the easiest method.

To insert a phone symbol in Google Sheets:

1. Copy the symbol you want from this page.
2. Open Google Sheets.
3. Click the cell where you want the symbol.
4. Press Ctrl + V on Windows or Command + V on Mac.

You can paste symbols like:

☎ ✆ 📞 📱 📶

Example use:

☎ Office Phone
📱 Mobile Number
📞 Call Status

Method 9: Type Phone Symbols on iPhone and iPad

On iPhone and iPad, the easiest method is the emoji keyboard.

To type phone emoji on iPhone:

1. Tap where you want to type.
2. Open the emoji keyboard.
3. Search for phone.
4. Tap the phone emoji you want.

Common phone emoji include:

📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 🤳 ☎️

For text-style symbols like ✆, ☎, ☏, and ℡, copy and paste is usually easier.

Method 10: Type Phone Symbols on Android

On Android, use the emoji keyboard or copy and paste.

To type phone emoji on Android:

1. Tap where you want to type.
2. Open your emoji keyboard.
3. Search for phone.
4. Tap the phone emoji you want.

Common options include:

📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 ☎️

For plain text symbols like:

✆ ☎ ☏ ℡

copy and paste from the top of this page.

Method 11: Type Phone Symbols on Chromebook

On Chromebook, you can use copy and paste, the emoji picker, or Unicode input.

Option 1: Copy and paste

Copy the phone symbol from this page and paste it into your document.

Option 2: Use the emoji picker

1. Right-click where you want to type.
2. Choose Emoji.
3. Search for phone.
4. Select the symbol or emoji you want.

Option 3: Use Unicode input

For some symbols, you can use Unicode input.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + U.
2. Type the Unicode code.
3. Press Enter or Space.

Example:

Ctrl + Shift + U, then 260E, then Enter = ☎

Method 12: Type Phone Symbols in HTML

If you are writing HTML, you can use decimal codes, hexadecimal codes, or the symbol itself.

Common phone symbol HTML codes

Symbol	Name	HTML Code
✆	Telephone Location Sign	✆
☎	Black Telephone	☎
☏	White Telephone	☏
℡	Telephone Sign	℡
📞	Telephone Receiver	📞
📱	Mobile Phone	📱
📲	Mobile Phone with Arrow	📲
📳	Vibration Mode	📳
📴	Mobile Phone Off	📴
📵	No Mobile Phones	📵
📶	Antenna Bars	📶
🤳	Selfie	🤳

Example:

<p>&#9742; Call us today</p>

This displays as:

☎ Call us today

Method 13: Type Phone Symbols in CSS

You can also use phone symbols in CSS with the content property.

Example:

.contact-phone::before {
  content: "☎";
}

You can also use Unicode escape codes.

Example:

.contact-phone::before {
  content: "\260E";
}

This inserts:

☎

Common CSS Unicode values

Symbol	CSS Unicode
✆	\2706
☎	\260E
☏	\260F
℡	\2121

For emoji-style symbols like 📞 and 📱, using the actual emoji in CSS is often easier than writing the escape code.

Phone Symbol Names and Meanings

Different phone symbols are useful in different situations.

Symbol	Meaning / Use
✆	Telephone location, contact marker
☎	Telephone, call, phone number
☏	White telephone, phone contact
℡	Telephone sign, old-style contact symbol
📞	Telephone receiver, call now
📱	Mobile phone
📲	Mobile phone with arrow, incoming call/message
📳	Vibration mode
📴	Mobile phone off
📶	Signal bars, network, reception
📵	No mobile phones allowed
🤳	Selfie
🕼	Fax machine
🕾	Personal phone
🕿	Black phone
🖀	Big black phone

Phone Symbol vs Phone Emoji

There are two main types of phone characters:

1. Text-style phone symbols
2. Emoji-style phone symbols

Text-style phone symbols

These usually look like plain black text:

✆ ☎ ☏ ℡

They are good for:

• Documents
• Flyers
• Business cards
• Resumes
• Contact pages
• Email signatures
• Printed materials

Emoji-style phone symbols

These usually appear colorful on phones and modern devices:

📞 📱 📲 📳 📴 📶 📵 🤳

They are good for:

• Social media posts
• WhatsApp messages
• Instagram bios
• Casual contact sections
• Mobile-friendly content

Why ☎ sometimes appears as ☎️

The symbol ☎ can appear in two styles:

☎ = text-style telephone
☎️ = emoji-style telephone

The emoji-style version includes an extra variation selector. Some apps automatically display it as colorful emoji, while others show it as a plain text symbol.

Phone Symbols for Contact Information

Phone symbols are often used beside phone numbers.

Examples:

☎ 0245919730
📞 Call: 0245919730
📱 Mobile: 0245919730
✆ Office: 0245919730
☏ Support: 0245919730

For professional documents, simple text symbols like ☎ and ✆ often look cleaner than colorful emoji.

Phone Symbols for Resumes and CVs

Phone symbols can make your resume contact section more visual.

Example:

☎ 0245919730
✉ name@email.com
⌂ Tamale, Ghana

For a resume, use clean symbols that print well:

☎ ✆ ☏

Avoid using too many colorful emoji unless the resume design is informal or creative.

Phone Symbols for Websites

On websites, phone symbols can be used near call buttons, contact forms, and footer information.

Examples:

☎ Call Us
📞 Speak to Support
📱 Mobile Contact
📶 Network Support

For accessibility, do not rely only on the symbol. Add clear text too.

Better:

☎ Call Us

Not just:

☎

This helps users understand the meaning and also supports screen readers.

Phone Symbols for Social Media Bios

Phone symbols can be used in Instagram bios, TikTok bios, Facebook pages, WhatsApp statuses, and Discord profiles.

Examples:

☎ Bookings open
📞 Call for orders
📱 DM or WhatsApp
✆ Contact me today
📶 Always online

You can also use phone symbols as separators:

design ✆ print ✆ delivery

call ☎ order ☎ pickup

Phone Symbols for Flyers and Posters

Phone symbols are common on flyers, posters, business cards, and banners.

Good symbols for print:

☎ ✆ ☏

Good symbols for digital flyers:

📞 📱 ☎️

Example:

☎ 0245919730
📱 WhatsApp: 0245919730
📞 Call Now

For print work, test the font before printing. Some symbols may not appear correctly if the design software or font does not support them.

Why Some Phone Symbols Show as Boxes

Sometimes a phone symbol appears as a square box, empty rectangle, or question mark.

This usually means the app, device, or font does not support that symbol.

This is more common with rare symbols like:

🕻 🕽 🕼 🖁 🕾 🕿 🖀

It can also happen with emoji on older devices.

How to fix it

Try these:

1. Use a simpler phone symbol like ☎, ✆, ☏, 📞, or 📱.
2. Change the font to Segoe UI Symbol, Segoe UI Emoji, Noto Color Emoji, or another Unicode-supported font.
3. Update your browser, phone, or operating system.
4. Avoid rare phone symbols if you need the text to work everywhere.
5. For printed designs, convert the symbol to outlines or use a supported font before printing.

Why the Phone Symbol Does Not Print Correctly

If you are using a phone symbol in a flyer, poster, business card, or T-shirt design, it may look fine on screen but fail when printed.

This can happen because:

• The font does not support the symbol.
• The design software replaces the character.
• The printer system does not have the same font.
• The emoji is colored on screen but not supported in print.

Best fix for print designs

Use simple text symbols such as:

☎ ✆ ☏

Then make sure the font supports them.

If you are designing in software like CorelDraw, Illustrator, or Photoshop, convert the