Symbols on Facebook

Facebook symbols are Unicode-encoded special text characters. Many people wonder how their friends inserted these small cute hearts, smiley, symbols and musical notes into their facebook status updates, messages or comments. You can also insert these symbols for facebook into your status or messages. Follow these step by step instructions and you will also be able to decorate your facebook status with cute smileys, emoticons or symbols or you can generate your own designs with use of symbols.

How to insert Facebook Symbols into facebook

There are two ways you can use these symbols and decorate your facebook profile.

1. Just copy and paste facebook symbol codes from the list below into your name, status or messages. You can insert them into facebook chat as well.

2. Or you can use your computers ‘right side number pad ‘ and ‘alt’ keys to type these symbols.


Desktop computer instructions for Facebook ALT symbols:

• Press and hold left Alt key on your keyboard.
• While holding Alt key enter one of the codes below to get the corresponding facebook symbol.
• Important note: You need to use numbers on the right side of the keyboard for entering code, not the numbers on top, otherwise they won’t work.

Laptop instructions for ALT symbols:

• Press and hold left Alt key on your keyboard.
• While holding Alt key also press and hold Fn key.
• While holding Alt and Fn key enter one of the codes below to get corresponding facebook symbol.
• Important note: You need to use numbers that are usually written next to letters U, I, O… and in different color, not the numbers on top, otherwise they won’t work.

ALT Symbols List

These symbols are called ‘alt symbols’ as they can be produced by using ‘alt key’ on your keyboard. Here is a list of alt symbols code with corresponding number. You can create these alt symbols on facebook, myspace or in emails.

Alt Symbols for Facebook

ALT code	Symbols	Description
Alt + 1	☺	Happy smiley symbol
Alt + 2	☻	Sad smiley or black smiley symbol
Alt + 3	♥	Heart symbol/ facebook heart symbol
Alt + 4	♦	Diamond symbol/ Facebook diamond symbol
Alt + 5	♣	Club symbol
Alt + 6	♠	Spade symbol
Alt + 7	•	Bullet 1 symbol
Alt + 8	◘	Bullet 2 symbol
Alt + 9	○	Bullet 3 symbol
Alt + 10	◙	Bullet 4 symbol
Alt + 11	♂	Men sign or Men symbol
Alt + 12	♀	Women sign or Women symbol
Alt + 13	♪	Quaver
Alt + 14	♫	Joined Quaver
Alt + 15	☼	Funky sun or star symbol
Alt + 16	►	Play forward
Alt + 17	◄	Play rewind
Alt + 18	↕	Up and down arrow
Alt + 19	‼	Double exclamation
Alt + 20	¶	Carriage return symbol
Alt + 21	§	Paragraph
Alt + 22	▬	Dash
Alt + 23	↨	Up and down arrow
Alt + 24	↑	Up arrow
Alt + 25	↓	Down arrow
Alt + 26	→	Right arrow sign
Alt + 27	←	Left arrow sign
Alt + 28	∟	Tab marker
Alt + 29	↔	Right and left arrow
Alt + 30	▲	Bullet
Alt + 31	▼	Bullet