Windows Alt Codes
A Windows Alt code is a keyboard shortcut that allows you to type special characters on a Windows computer like mathematical symbols, currency signs, and decorative shapes. By holding down the "Alt" key and entering a numeric code on the numeric keypad, you can insert characters that are not directly available on a standard keyboard.
This method works with numeric keypads on full-sized keyboards. On laptops without dedicated number pads, you may need to enable Num Lock and use the embedded number keys or the on-screen keyboard.
Most Popular Windows Alt Codes
You know these, we regularly use ...
| Symbol | Alt Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ► | Alt+16 | Black Right-Pointing Pointer |
| ▬ | Alt+22 | Black Rectangle |
| | | Alt+124 | Vertical Line |
| ▐ | Alt+222 | Right Half Block |
| • | Alt+0149 | Bullet |
| © | Alt+0169 | Copyright |
List of Windows Alt Codes
These are not available on Standard Keyboards.
| Symbol | Alt Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ☺ | Alt+1 | Smiling Face |
| ☻ | Alt+2 | Black Smiling Face |
| ♥ | Alt+3 | Heart Suit |
| ♦ | Alt+4 | Diamond Suit |
| ♣ | Alt+5 | Club Suit |
| ♠ | Alt+6 | Spade Suit |
| • | Alt+7 | Bullet |
| ◘ | Alt+8 | Inverse Bullet |
| ○ | Alt+9 | White Circle |
| ◙ | Alt+10 | Inverse White Circle |
| ♂ | Alt+11 | Male Sign |
| ♀ | Alt+12 | Female Sign |
| ♪ | Alt+13 | Eighth Note |
| ♫ | Alt+14 | Beamed Eighth Notes |
| ☼ | Alt+15 | White Sun with Rays |
| ◄ | Alt+17 | Black Left-Pointing Pointer |
| ↕ | Alt+18 | Up-Down Arrow |
| ¶ | Alt+20 | Pilcrow Sign |
| § | Alt+21 | Section Sign |
| ▬ | Alt+22 | Black Rectangle |
| ↨ | Alt+23 | Up Down Arrow with Base |
| ↑ | Alt+24 | Upwards Arrow |
| ↓ | Alt+25 | Downwards Arrow |
| → | Alt+26 | Rightwards Arrow |
| ← | Alt+27 | Leftwards Arrow |
| ∟ | Alt+28 | Right Angle |
| ↔ | Alt+29 | Left-Right Arrow |
| ▲ | Alt+30 | Black Up-Pointing Triangle |
| ▼ | Alt+31 | Black Down-Pointing Triangle |
| ^ | Alt+94 | Circumflex Accent |
| ¢ | Alt+155 | Cent Sign |
| £ | Alt+156 | Pound Sign |
| ¥ | Alt+157 | Yen Sign |
| ₧ | Alt+158 | Peseta Sign |
| ⌐ | Alt+169 | Reversed Not Sign |
| ¬ | Alt+170 | Not Sign |
| ½ | Alt+171 | Vulgar Fraction One Half |
| ¼ | Alt+172 | Vulgar Fraction One Quarter |
| ¡ | Alt+173 | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
| ░ | Alt+176 | Light Shade |
| ▒ | Alt+177 | Medium Shade |
| ▓ | Alt+178 | Dark Shade |
| │ | Alt+179 | Box Drawings Light Vertical |
| ┤ | Alt+180 | Box Drawings Light Vertical and Left |
| ╡ | Alt+181 | Box Drawings Vertical Single and Left Double |
| ╢ | Alt+182 | Box Drawings Vertical Double and Left Single |
| ╖ | Alt+183 | Box Drawings Down Double and Left Single |
| ╕ | Alt+184 | Box Drawings Down Single and Left Double |
| ╣ | Alt+185 | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Left |
| ║ | Alt+186 | Box Drawings Double Vertical |
| ╗ | Alt+187 | Box Drawings Double Down and Left |
| ╝ | Alt+188 | Box Drawings Double Up and Left |
| ╜ | Alt+189 | Box Drawings Up Double and Left Single |
| ╛ | Alt+190 | Box Drawings Up Single and Left Double |
| ┐ | Alt+191 | Box Drawings Light Down and Left |
| └ | Alt+192 | Box Drawings Light Up and Right |
| ┴ | Alt+193 | Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal |
| ┬ | Alt+194 | Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal |
| ├ | Alt+195 | Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right |
| ─ | Alt+196 | Box Drawings Light Horizontal |
| ┼ | Alt+197 | Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal |
| ╞ | Alt+198 | Box Drawings Vertical Single and Right Double |
| ╟ | Alt+199 | Box Drawings Vertical Double and Right Single |
| ╚ | Alt+200 | Box Drawings Double Up and Right |
| ╔ | Alt+201 | Box Drawings Double Down and Right |
| ╩ | Alt+202 | Box Drawings Double Up and Horizontal |
| ╦ | Alt+203 | Box Drawings Double Down and Horizontal |
| ╠ | Alt+204 | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right |
| ═ | Alt+205 | Box Drawings Double Horizontal |
| ╬ | Alt+206 | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal |
| ╧ | Alt+207 | Box Drawings Up Single and Horizontal Double |
| ╨ | Alt+208 | Box Drawings Up Double and Horizontal Single |
| ╤ | Alt+209 | Box Drawings Down Single and Horizontal Double |
| ╥ | Alt+210 | Box Drawings Down Double and Horizontal Single |
| ╙ | Alt+211 | Box Drawings Up Double and Right Single |
| ╘ | Alt+212 | Box Drawings Up Single and Right Double |
| ╒ | Alt+213 | Box Drawings Down Single and Right Double |
| ╓ | Alt+214 | Box Drawings Down Double and Right Single |
| ╫ | Alt+215 | Box Drawings Vertical Double and Horizontal Single |
| ╪ | Alt+216 | Box Drawings Vertical Single and Horizontal Double |
| ┘ | Alt+217 | Box Drawings Light Up and Left |
| ┌ | Alt+218 | Box Drawings Light Down and Right |
| █ | Alt+219 | Full Block |
| ▄ | Alt+220 | Lower Half Block |
| ▌ | Alt+221 | Left Half Block |
| ▀ | Alt+223 | Upper Half Block |
| Β΅ | Alt+230 | Micro Sign |
| ∞ | Alt+236 | Infinity |
| ∩ | Alt+239 | Intersection |
| ≡ | Alt+240 | Identical To |
| ± | Alt+241 | Plus minus symbol |
| ≥ | Alt+242 | Greater-Than or Equal To |
| ≤ | Alt+243 | Less-Than or Equal To |
| ⌠ | Alt+244 | Top Half Integral |
| ⌡ | Alt+245 | Bottom Half Integral |
| ≈ | Alt+247 | Almost Equal To |
| ° | Alt+248 | Degree Sign |
| ∙ | Alt+249 | Bullet Operator |
| · | Alt+250 | Middle Dot |
| √ | Alt+251 | Square Root |
| βΏ | Alt+252 | Superscript Latin Small Letter N |
| ² | Alt+253 | Superscript Two |
| ■ | Alt+254 | Black Square |
| Alt+255 | No-Break Space | |
| € | Alt+0128 | Euro Sign |
| „ | Alt+0132 | Double Low-9 Quotation Mark |
| † | Alt+0134 | Dagger |
| ‡ | Alt+0135 | Double Dagger |
| Λ | Alt+0136 | Modifier Letter Circumflex Accent |
| ‰ | Alt+0137 | Per Mille Sign |
| ‹ | Alt+0139 | Single Left-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
| – | Alt+0150 | En Dash |
| — | Alt+0151 | Em Dash |
| ™ | Alt+0153 | Trade Mark |
| › | Alt+0155 | Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark |
| ¢ | Alt+0162 | Cent Sign |
| £ | Alt+0163 | Pound Sign |
| ¤ | Alt+0164 | Currency Sign |
| ¥ | Alt+0165 | Yen Sign |
| ¦ | Alt+0166 | Broken Bar |
| § | Alt+0167 | Section Sign |
| ¨ | Alt+0168 | Diaeresis |
| « | Alt+0171 | Left-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| ¬ | Alt+0172 | Not Sign |
| ® | Alt+0174 | Registered |
| ¯ | Alt+0175 | Macron |
| ° | Alt+0176 | Degree Sign |
| ± | Alt+0177 | Plus minus symbol |
| ² | Alt+0178 | Superscript Two |
| ³ | Alt+0179 | Superscript Three |
| Β΅ | Alt+0181 | Micro Sign |
| ¶ | Alt+0182 | Pilcrow Sign |
| · | Alt+0183 | Middle Dot |
| ¹ | Alt+0185 | Superscript One |
| ΒΊ | Alt+0186 | Masculine Ordinal Indicator |
| » | Alt+0187 | Right-Pointing Double Angle Quotation Mark |
| ¼ | Alt+0188 | Vulgar Fraction One Quarter |
| ½ | Alt+0189 | Vulgar Fraction One Half |
| ¾ | Alt+0190 | Vulgar Fraction Three Quarters |
| ¿ | Alt+0191 | Inverted Question Mark |
Common Windows Alt Codes in Keyboards
These are available on Standard Keyboards. Mentioned here just for reference.
| Symbol | Alt Code | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ! | Alt+33 | Exclamation Mark |
| " | Alt+34 | Quotation Mark |
| # | Alt+35 | Number Sign |
| $ | Alt+36 | Dollar Sign |
| % | Alt+37 | Percent Sign |
| & | Alt+38 | Ampersand |
| ' | Alt+39 | Apostrophe |
| ( | Alt+40 | Left Parenthesis |
| ) | Alt+41 | Right Parenthesis |
| * | Alt+42 | Asterisk |
| + | Alt+43 | Plus Sign |
| , | Alt+44 | Comma |
| - | Alt+45 | Hyphen-Minus |
| . | Alt+46 | Full Stop |
| / | Alt+47 | Solidus |
| 0 | Alt+48 | Digit Zero |
| 1 | Alt+49 | Digit One |
| 2 | Alt+50 | Digit Two |
| 3 | Alt+51 | Digit Three |
| 4 | Alt+52 | Digit Four |
| 5 | Alt+53 | Digit Five |
| 6 | Alt+54 | Digit Six |
| 7 | Alt+55 | Digit Seven |
| 8 | Alt+56 | Digit Eight |
| 9 | Alt+57 | Digit Nine |
| : | Alt+58 | Colon |
| ; | Alt+59 | Semicolon |
| < | Alt+60 | Less-Than Sign |
| = | Alt+61 | Equals Sign |
| ? | Alt+63 | Question Mark |
| @ | Alt+64 | Commercial At |
| A | Alt+65 | Latin Capital Letter A |
| B | Alt+66 | Latin Capital Letter B |
| C | Alt+67 | Latin Capital Letter C |
| D | Alt+68 | Latin Capital Letter D |
| E | Alt+69 | Latin Capital Letter E |
| F | Alt+70 | Latin Capital Letter F |
| G | Alt+71 | Latin Capital Letter G |
| H | Alt+72 | Latin Capital Letter H |
| I | Alt+73 | Latin Capital Letter I |
| J | Alt+74 | Latin Capital Letter J |
| K | Alt+75 | Latin Capital Letter K |
| L | Alt+76 | Latin Capital Letter L |
| M | Alt+77 | Latin Capital Letter M |
| N | Alt+78 | Latin Capital Letter N |
| O | Alt+79 | Latin Capital Letter O |
| P | Alt+80 | Latin Capital Letter P |
| Q | Alt+81 | Latin Capital Letter Q |
| R | Alt+82 | Latin Capital Letter R |
| S | Alt+83 | Latin Capital Letter S |
| T | Alt+84 | Latin Capital Letter T |
| U | Alt+85 | Latin Capital Letter U |
| V | Alt+86 | Latin Capital Letter V |
| W | Alt+87 | Latin Capital Letter W |
| X | Alt+88 | Latin Capital Letter X |
| Y | Alt+89 | Latin Capital Letter Y |
| Z | Alt+90 | Latin Capital Letter Z |
| [ | Alt+91 | Left Square Bracket |
| \ | Alt+92 | Reverse Solidus |
| ] | Alt+93 | Right Square Bracket |
| _ | Alt+95 | Low Line |
| ` | Alt+96 | Grave Accent |
| a | Alt+97 | Latin Small Letter A |
| b | Alt+98 | Latin Small Letter B |
| c | Alt+99 | Latin Small Letter C |
| d | Alt+100 | Latin Small Letter D |
| e | Alt+101 | Latin Small Letter E |
| f | Alt+102 | Latin Small Letter F |
| g | Alt+103 | Latin Small Letter G |
| h | Alt+104 | Latin Small Letter H |
| i | Alt+105 | Latin Small Letter I |
| j | Alt+106 | Latin Small Letter J |
| k | Alt+107 | Latin Small Letter K |
| l | Alt+108 | Latin Small Letter L |
| m | Alt+109 | Latin Small Letter M |
| n | Alt+110 | Latin Small Letter N |
| o | Alt+111 | Latin Small Letter O |
| p | Alt+112 | Latin Small Letter P |
| q | Alt+113 | Latin Small Letter Q |
| r | Alt+114 | Latin Small Letter R |
| s | Alt+115 | Latin Small Letter S |
| t | Alt+116 | Latin Small Letter T |
| u | Alt+117 | Latin Small Letter U |
| v | Alt+118 | Latin Small Letter V |
| w | Alt+119 | Latin Small Letter W |
| x | Alt+120 | Latin Small Letter X |
| y | Alt+121 | Latin Small Letter Y |
| z | Alt+122 | Latin Small Letter Z |
| { | Alt+123 | Left Curly Bracket |
| } | Alt+125 | Right Curly Bracket |
| ~ | Alt+126 | Tilde |
| ‚ | Alt+0130 | Single Low-9 Quotation Mark |
| ‘ | Alt+0145 | Left Single Quotation Mark |
| ’ | Alt+0146 | Right Single Quotation Mark |
| “ | Alt+0147 | Left Double Quotation Mark |
| ” | Alt+0148 | Right Double Quotation Mark |
| ˜ | Alt+0152 | Small Tilde |
| ¡ | Alt+0161 | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
| ´ | Alt+0180 | Acute Accent |
| ¸ | Alt+0184 | Cedilla |
| ÷ | Alt+0247 | Division Sign |
