Left arrow emoji meaning

The left arrow emoji is a simple arrow pointing to the left. It is often displayed as a white arrow on a blue square background, but its appearance can vary depending on the platform or device. This emoji is commonly used to represent the direction toward the west or to indicate going back to a previous option, step, or idea. It can symbolize reversing course, retracing steps, or returning to a starting point. In digital communication, it might also be used to suggest looking back, reflecting, or revisiting something mentioned earlier. Its clean design makes it widely recognizable and practical for both directional and metaphorical uses.

The left arrow emoji was approved in Unicode 4.0 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026