↺

Anticlockwise Circle Arrow

Unicode
U+21BA
Category
Arrows
HTML Entity
↺
CSS
\21BA
The ↺ (Anticlockwise Circle Arrow) symbol features an open circle formed by a single directional arrow pointing counterclockwise. It is widely recognized across user interfaces as the standard visual cue for "undo," "refresh," or "reload" actions. Beyond software design, it often appears in digital text to indicate reversing a process, replaying media, or initiating a backward loop.

How to Type

Windows
Alt+8634 or Win+. then search 'undo'
macOS
Control+Command+Space then search 'anticlockwise'
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+U then 21BA
HTML
↺ or ↺

In Programming

In programming and UI development, this symbol frequently denotes a state rollback, a browser reload event, or a backward-stepping loop structure. It also appears in technical and mathematical documentation to represent counterclockwise rotation or iterative processes.

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Tags

anticlockwise circle symbol arrow backward loop circle circular arrow counterclockwise cycle arrow loop symbol open circle arrow refresh reload symbol repeat icon rotate undo

Related Symbols

← Left Arrow ↑ Up Arrow → Right Arrow ↓ Down Arrow ↔ Left Right Arrow ↕ Up Down Arrow ↖ North West Arrow ↗ North East Arrow ↘ South East Arrow ↙ South West Arrow ↞ Left Two Headed Arrow ↠ Right Two Headed Arrow