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Videocassette emoji 📼 (VHS tape)

📼 is the videocassette: a black VHS tape. It means retro, the 80s and 90s, and home video — throwback photos, “be kind, rewind”, old family footage, lo-fi aesthetics…

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What the videocassette 📼 (vhs tape) emoji means

📼 is the videocassette: a black VHS tape. It means retro, the 80s and 90s, and home video — throwback photos, “be kind, rewind”, old family footage, lo-fi aesthetics — and it stands in for any tape, including audio cassettes, which have no emoji of their own. Original 2010 emoji. Retro set: 📹 video camera, 📀 DVD, 📟 pager, 🎞️ film frames, 📺 television.

Unicode name: videocassette · U+1F4FC · Emoji 0.6 (original set) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEfound our 1998 holiday video 📼 the haircuts. oh no.

How people use it

  • Throwbacks: 80s and 90s nostalgia
  • Home video: old footage
  • Lo-fi aesthetic: VHS filters
  • Mixtapes: standing in for cassettes

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
videocassetteU+1F4FCVHS
video cameraU+1F4F9Camcorder
dvdU+1F4C0Disc
film framesU+1F39E U+FE0FFilm
televisionU+1F4FATV

Questions people ask

What does 📼 mean?

A VHS tape — retro, home video, nostalgia.

Is there a cassette tape emoji?

No audio cassette; 📼 is used for it.

What does 📼 mean from a guy?

A throwback, or a retro aesthetic.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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