Down arrow (↓): copy and paste
The downwards arrow (↓) is a text character used for “decrease”, “see below”, downloads and directions. It is plain text, so it works anywhere a letter does.
↓ matches the surrounding text; ⬇ shows as a colored emoji on phones; ▼ is the solid triangle used for drops in tables and for dropdown indicators.
Down arrow variants to copy
Click any character to copy it.
How to type ↓ on Mac, Windows and phone
There is no keystroke for ↓ on the US Mac layout. Press ⌃ Control + ⌘ Command + Space to open the Character Viewer, search “downwards arrow” and double-click it. No keystroke on the US layout.
On Windows, hold Alt and type 25 on the numeric keypad (Num Lock on), then release Alt.
Not on the default keyboards. Search “arrow” in the emoji keyboard for ⬇, or paste ↓ from here.
| Platform | How to type ↓ |
|---|---|
| Mac (US layout) | Character Viewer → search “downwards arrow” |
| Windows | Alt + 25 |
| Any Mac app | Emojibar: click the menubar icon, search “down arrow”, click to copy |
Down arrow codes for HTML, CSS and LaTeX
| Unicode | U+2193 |
| HTML | ↓ · ↓ |
| CSS content | "\2193" |
| LaTeX | \downarrow |