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🔍 Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass Emoji

A classic magnifying glass, as used to view small objects, with its lens pointed left. Generally depicted at a 45° angle with a black handle and a clear or blue, silver-framed lens titled to the upper left.

Associated with detectives and search or zoom icons on computers. Like 🔎 Magnifying Glass Titled Right, commonly used for various senses of searching, looking, inspecting, etc.

Emoji	🔍
Unicode Name	Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass
Apple Name	Left-Pointing Magnifying Glass
Also Known As	Magnifier, Magnifying Glass, Search Icon
Codepoints	U+1F50D

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Language	Name
Bengali	বদক হলন আতস কচ
Danish	forstørrelsesglas til venstre
German	lupe nach links
English	magnifying glass tilted left
Spanish	lupa orientada hacia la izquierda
French	loupe orientée à gauche
Hindi	बई ओर झक आवरधक कच
Italian	lente di ingrandimento rivolta a sinistra
Japanese	虫眼鏡左
Korean	왼쪽으로 향한 돋보기
Marathi	डव दरशवणर वशलक भग
Malay	kanta pembesar condong ke kiri
Dutch	vergrootglas naar links gericht
Norwegian	forstørrelsesglass mot venstre
Portuguese	lupa para a esquerda
Swedish	förstoringsglas som lutar åt vänster
Tamil	இடத சயவ லனஸ
Telugu	ఎడమక వగ ఉనన భతదద
Chinese	左斜的放大镜

Apple

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

iPhone OS 2.2

Nov - 2008

iOS 4.0

Jun - 2010

iOS 5.1

Mar - 2012

iOS 6.0

Sep - 2012

iOS 8.3

Apr - 2015

iOS 9.1

Oct - 2015

iOS 10.2

Dec - 2016

iOS 17.4

Mar - 2024

Google Noto Color Emoji

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Android 4.3

Jul - 2012

Android 4.4

Oct - 2013

Android 7.0

Aug - 2016

Android 8.0

Aug - 2017

Android 12.0

Oct - 2021

15.1

Nov - 2023

Samsung

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

TouchWiz Nature UX 2

Apr - 2013

TouchWiz 7.0

Aug - 2016

TouchWiz 7.1

Sep - 2016

Experience 9.0

Feb - 2018

One UI 1.0

Feb - 2019

One UI 6.1

Mar - 2024

Microsoft 3D Fluent

Glossy, gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

15.0

Oct - 2023

Microsoft

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10’s final update was in May 2019.

Windows 8.0

Oct - 2012

Windows 8.1

Oct - 2013

Windows 10

Jul - 2015

Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Aug - 2016

Windows 10 Creators Update

Apr - 2017

Windows 10 October 2018 Update

Oct - 2018

Windows 11 November 2021 Update

Nov - 2021

Windows 11 23H2

Oct - 2023

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

2.17

Oct - 2017

2.24.8.85

Apr - 2024

Twitter / X

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord and Mastodon. Twitter / X on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

Twemoji 1.0

Nov - 2014

Twemoji 2.6

Apr - 2018

Twemoji 15.0.1

Jul - 2023

Facebook

Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta’s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

1.0

Feb - 2014

2.0

Feb - 2017

3.0

Dec - 2018

15.0

Feb - 2023

Huawei

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei phones and tablets.

HarmonyOS 4.0

Aug - 2023

Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG’s final mobile device.

Jun - 2014

Velvet

Jan - 2021

Animated versions of Apple’s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Telemoji (November 2023)

Nov - 2023

Microsoft Teams (3D Animated)

3D animated versions of Microsoft’s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

15.0

Apr - 2023

Skype

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Emoticons 1.2

Jun - 2015

Twitter Emoji Stickers

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter’s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

13.1

Oct - 2022

JoyPixels

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

1.0

Sep - 2014

2.0

Dec - 2015

2.2

May - 2016

3.0

Apr - 2017

3.1

Jun - 2017

4.0

Aug - 2018

4.5

Jan - 2019

5.0

Jun - 2019

5.5

Jan - 2020

6.0

Jun - 2020

8.0

Aug - 2023

SerenityOS

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

2024-01-31

Jan - 2024

Toss Face (토스페이스)

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

February 2022

Feb - 2022

1.6

Sep - 2023

Sony Playstation

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device’s messaging functionality.

13.1

May - 2021

Noto Emoji Font

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google’s Noto Color Emoji designs.

15.1

Sep - 2023

OpenMoji

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd (Design University) in Germany.

1.0

Apr - 2018

15.0

Oct - 2023

Icons8

A licensable emoji design set.

14.0

Mar - 2023

emojidex

An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

1.0.14

May - 2016

1.0.33

Jul - 2017

1.0.34

Aug - 2017

Messenger

Previously used by Facebook’s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

1.0

Jun - 2016

HTC

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Sense 7

Mar - 2015

SoftBank

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

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