💾️ Floppy disk emoji
HTML
💾
Unicode
U+1F4BE
What is 💾️ called?
💾️ is called the Floppy disk emoji.
It is also known as save icon, diskette, or 3.5-inch floppy. These are natural common, regional, technical, or appearance-based terms rather than extra official names; Unicode’s official name is floppy disk.
What does 💾️ mean?
💾 is officially named floppy disk. It shows a floppy disk or diskette, an obsolete magnetic storage medium used for saving and transferring computer files before the widespread adoption of CDs, USB drives, and internet file sharing. Features the iconic square plastic casing with sliding metal shutter.
Use it for literal references to floppy disk and for saving files, data backup, retro technology, obsolete storage, computing history, save icon. The 3.5-inch diskette is legacy storage but remains widely recognised as a software “save” symbol. Related choices include 💽 Computer disk and 💿 Optical disk.
Other meanings
It can mean saving files, data backup, retro technology, obsolete storage, computing history, save icon. Context determines whether a message is technical, computing, office, mathematical, or historical.
Example Usage
Click the floppy disk icon 💾 to save your document
The technology, media, or lighting note shows floppy disk 💾
More details
Officially named floppy disk. Its code point is U+1F4BE. It was introduced in Emoji 1.0.
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Visual description
A square plastic disk with a metal sliding shutter, typically in black or blue color, showing the classic 3.5-inch floppy disk design.
The 3.5-inch diskette is legacy storage but remains widely recognised as a software “save” symbol. Colours, proportions, orientation, and fine details vary by platform.
⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.
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