Check mark emoji

Three ticks, three different characters

✅ (check mark button) is the one most people want: a white tick in a green box that reads as done, correct or confirmed at a glance. ✔️ (check mark) is the plain tick, a text symbol that most platforms draw in black or dark grey even with emoji presentation. ☑️ (check box with check) is a ticked box, the natural choice for lists and forms.

Their opposites are ❌ (cross mark) and ❎ (cross mark button), covered with the religious crosses in the cross emoji guide. If you want a tick with no emoji styling at all, the plain text character ✓ (U+2713) and its heavier sibling ✔ without the selector exist in most fonts, but they are not emoji and will not turn green.

Compare the options

Emoji	Name	Use it for	Watch out for
	check mark buttonU+2705	Done, approved, correct, “yes”	Colour is platform-drawn; usually green
	check markU+2714 U+FE0F	A neutral tick in text	Often renders black; may look like plain text
	check box with checkU+2611 U+FE0F	Ticked checkbox, completed list items	Small and hard to read at low size
	cross mark buttonU+274E	Cancelled, “not selected”	Rare; many readers just see a red X
	cross markU+274C	Wrong, no, delete	Strong; blunt as a reply

The green check ✅ is the tick most people mean by “green checkmark”; its opposite ❌ is on the X emoji guide and the no-entry sign on the prohibited page.

Practical uses

• Status updates: “tickets ✅ hotel ✅ car ❌”
• Confirming: reply ✅ to “are we still on for 8?”
• To-do lists: ☑️ for done items, ⬜ for open ones
• Corrections: ✅ for the right answer, ❌ for the wrong one
• Reactions in work tools: ✅ means “acknowledged and handled”, similar to the thumbs up but more final

Text faces you can copy

Plain-character faces that paste anywhere. Tap one to copy.

• ✓check
• ✔heavy check
• ☑ticked box
• ✓✓double check
• ✗cross

Verified badges and the blue check

There is no official blue checkmark emoji in the standard set. The green check ✅ is widely used as a stand-in when people want a “verified” symbol, but on Instagram, X (Twitter), TikTok and other platforms the blue badge is a platform icon, not an emoji you can type.

To copy a verified symbol, copy ✅ or ☑️ from this page. They paste into bios, captions and comments, though they won’t look blue or carry any actual verification weight. Some users combine ✅ with the word “verified” to suggest an account is confirmed, but that’s informal.

• Instagram verified badge: platform icon, not emoji; use ✅ in your bio instead.
• X (Twitter) blue check: platform feature, not an emoji; use ✅ as a stand-in.
• TikTok verification: platform badge, not an emoji; copy ✅ if you want a green tick in your profile.

Orange, big, and Messenger check marks

No orange check mark emoji exists. The standard check marks are green ✅ and black ✔️, so if you need an orange tick you’ll have to use a platform-specific sticker or a coloured text symbol outside the emoji set. A “big green check mark” is simply ✅ rendered at a larger font size; the emoji itself doesn’t scale beyond your text settings.

In Messenger, the check mark icons show message status, such as sent, delivered or read. They are interface icons, not emoji. The closest emoji is ☑️, which is a square checkbox.

Verify emoji and other names

There is no single “verify emoji” in the Unicode standard. The closest built-in options are ✅ (check mark button) and ✔️ (heavy check mark). The blue verified badge used by Instagram, X and other social platforms is a platform graphic, not an emoji you can paste. When people talk about a verify emoji, they might mean the green check or the blue tick. In Spanish, the green check is sometimes called palomita verde.

Chat examples

Real messages with ✅, and a reply that fits.

1. packed, charged, passport ✅

   safe flight!

2. did you send the invoice?

   ✅ this morning

3. groceries ✔️ laundry ✔️ nap ⏳

   goals

Questions people ask