wastebasket Emoji
๐๏ธ ยท U+1F5D1 U+FE0F ยท Emoji 0.7
What does the wastebasket emoji mean?
Disposal and rejection are conveyed by the wastebasket emoji, which literally represents a container for holding trash or unwanted items. This emoji is used to signify something is worthless, useless, or unwanted, and can also be used figuratively to express that an idea or plan has been discarded. In slang, it can be used to describe something as trashy or of poor quality. It is also used to represent the act of deleting or getting rid of something.
wastebasket emoji examples
- just threw my exam notes in the ๐๏ธ
- this movie is ๐๏ธ don't waste your time watching it
How to copy the wastebasket emoji
To use the wastebasket 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+1F5D1 U+FE0F), so it works on every app and platform, no download needed.
Also known as
wastebasket emoji on different platforms
How the wastebasket emoji looks on your device and in the openly licensed sets that include it (Twitter / X (Twemoji), Google Noto Color Emoji). See image credits.


wastebasket Emoji Details
| Emoji | ๐๏ธ |
| Name | wastebasket |
| Category | Objects |
| Codepoints | U+1F5D1 U+FE0F |
| Shortcode | :wastebasket: |
| Sources | Unicode emoji list ยท codepoints.net |
| Emoji version | 0.7 (2014) |
wastebasket Emoji FAQ
It is U+1F5D1 U+FE0F, added in Emoji 0.7 (2014). On GitHub, Slack and Discord you can type it as :wastebasket:.
People also search for the wastebasket emoji as can, garbage, trash, waste.