stop button ⏹️

Meaning

The Stop Button emoji ⏹️ displays a solid square, typically rendered in blue or grey, which is the universal symbol for halting an action. It represents a definitive pause or the complete cessation of a process, media playback, or ongoing activity.

People use this emoji to signal the end of a music or video track, to tell someone to quit a specific behavior, or to indicate that a task has been successfully terminated or stopped in a technical or conversational context.

Keywords

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• Category: Symbols and Signs
• Added: Oct 26, 2025