Prohibited means not allowed, banned or forbidden. 🚫 Prohibited is an emoji from the Symbols category. Its Unicode code point is U+1F6AB and it was released in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Press Copy to paste it anywhere.
What does 🚫 Prohibited mean?
Prohibited means not allowed, banned or forbidden. It is used for rules, refusals and "no" to something.
🚫 is the Prohibited emoji, listed under Symbols → Warning Symbols in the Unicode emoji standard. It is commonly associated with entry, forbidden, no, not and smoke. Prohibited has been available since Unicode 6.0 (2010), so it displays on almost all current devices. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can type :no_entry_sign: to insert it.
Prohibited emoji codes
| Emoji | 🚫 |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+1F6AB |
| HTML entity (decimal) | 🚫 |
| HTML entity (hex) | 🚫 |
| CSS | \1F6AB |
| JavaScript | \u{1F6AB} |
| Python | \U0001F6AB |
| URL-encoded | %F0%9F%9A%AB |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9A AB |
| Shortcode | :no_entry_sign: |
| Shortcode (alt) | :prohibited: |
How to type 🚫 on your keyboard
- Windows: press Win + . and search for “prohibited”.
- Mac: press Control + Command + Space and search for “prohibited”.
- iPhone / Android: open the emoji keyboard and search “prohibited”.
- HTML: write
🚫in your page source. - Anywhere: use the Copy button above, then paste.
Prohibited keywords
- entry
- forbidden
- no
- not
- smoke
Frequently asked questions
What does 🚫 mean?
Prohibited means not allowed, banned or forbidden. It is used for rules, refusals and "no" to something.
How do I copy and paste the Prohibited emoji?
Press the Copy button above (or click the 🚫 emoji) to copy it to your clipboard, then paste it with Ctrl + V on Windows, Cmd + V on Mac, or long-press → Paste on iPhone and Android.
When was 🚫 Prohibited added to Unicode?
Prohibited was released as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010.
Related Warning Symbols emojis
Sources
Name, code point, category and keywords: Unicode® Emoji 17.0 and Unicode CLDR.