About
The Locked emoji (🔒) is your go-to symbol for anything that's off-limits, secure, or strictly need-to-know. Whether you're posting about your private group chat, teasing something top-secret, or just wanting to emphasize that certain information is locked down tight, this little padlock does all the heavy lifting with zero drama.
Platforms
Vibe & Tone
secure mysterymysteriousprotectiveseriousneutral
About
- Category
- Objects
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When to use 🔒️
- →Indicating private or members-only content
- →Referencing password-protected accounts or files
- →Teasing secret information or announcements
- →Talking about security or privacy settings
- →Emphasizing that something is confidential
Keywords
lockedclosedlockprivateobjects
Related Concepts
secretsecurepassword protectedprivate chatconfidentialrestrictedmembers onlyvaultsafeencrypted
Unicode
- Codepoint
- 1F512
- Unicode Version
- 6.1
- Added in Emoji
- 0.6
Did you know?
This emoji was part of the original Unicode 6.1 release in 2012, making it one of the earliest object emojis—proving that even in the early days of emoji, people knew they'd need a way to say 'keep out' digitally.
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