broom Emoji
🧹 · U+1F9F9 · Emoji 11.0
What does the broom emoji mean?
Literally, 🧹 represents a broom, a common household cleaning tool, whereas figuratively and in slang, it symbolizes cleaning or sweeping away problems, ideas, or emotions, often implying a fresh start or a desire to get rid of something unwanted, and is also used to jokingly suggest someone is being dramatic or trying to sweep an issue under the rug. This emoji can be used to convey a sense of organization, tidiness, and renewal. In a broader sense, 🧹 can represent purification, whether physical, emotional, or mental.
broom emoji examples
- just swept the whole house and i'm feeling so accomplished 🧹
- time to sweep this toxic relationship out of my life 🧹
How to copy the broom emoji
To use the broom emoji, tap the Copy button above, then paste it (long-press then Paste on mobile, or Ctrl+V / Cmd+V on desktop) anywhere you can type: messages, captions, usernames, bios and documents. It copies the real Unicode character (U+1F9F9), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
broom emoji on different platforms
How the broom emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji, OpenMoji). See image credits.



broom Emoji Details
| Emoji | 🧹 |
| Name | broom |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F9F9 |
| Shortcode | :broom: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list · codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 11.0 (2018) |
broom Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F9F9, added in Emoji 11.0 (2018). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :broom:.
People also search for the broom emoji as cleaning, sweeping, witch.