Check Mark & Tick Symbols ✔︎
Tap a mark to copy it — it pastes as plain text into Word, Excel, Google Docs, a checklist or a bio.
Tip · press and hold to pick several at once
Check marks 7
X marks 11
Matching pairs 6
Checkboxes 9
Squares and bars 19
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How to type these symbols
| Symbol | Windows | Word | Mac | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✓︎ | — | 2713 | — | ✓ |
| ✔︎ | — | 2714 | — | ✔ |
| ☑︎ | — | 2611 | — | ☑ |
| ✗︎ | — | 2717 | — | ✗ |
| ✘︎ | — | 2718 | — | ✘ |
| ☐︎ | — | 2610 | — | ☐ |
| ☒︎ | — | 2612 | — | ☒ |
Windows: hold Alt and type the number on the numeric keypad with Num Lock on; a dash means there is no Alt code that works the same on every Windows. Word for Windows: type the code, then press Alt+X. Mac, U.S. keyboard layout: ⌥ is Option and ⇧ is Shift; for the rest, Control+Command+Space opens the Character Viewer. HTML: paste the code into the page source.
How to use check mark symbols
These are real Unicode characters, not a font trick. That matters more here than on most pages: the usual way to get a tick into Word is to insert the letter ü in the Wingdings font, which looks right until the text is pasted somewhere else, opened on a machine without that font, or saved as HTML — and then it is a plain ü again. Copy one of the marks above instead and it survives the trip, because the character itself is a check mark.
The same characters go into Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, into email subject lines, into spreadsheets used as checklists, and into any bio or display name that takes text. In Excel they are ordinary text in a cell, so they sort and filter like text — worth knowing before you build a formula around one. They are not the interactive checkbox control; that comes from the Insert or Developer tab, depending on your Excel version.
One regional note. Tick and check mark are the same thing: British and Indian English say tick, American and Canadian English say check mark. The character is identical either way, so it does not matter which word brought you here. If a mark shows as an empty box on your screen, your device has no font covering it — everything visible on this page is safe to copy, since anything your device cannot draw is hidden automatically.
The green ✅ and the red ❌ are missing on purpose. They are emoji: drawn in colour, differently on every phone, and never in the font of your document — they live on the emoji page. The matching pairs above are the opposite case: a check and a cross cut from the same family, so a column of ✓ and ✗ or ✔︎ and ✘ lines up evenly.
Questions
How do I insert a check mark in Word?
Copy one from this page and paste it. That is the whole procedure, and it beats the Wingdings route: inserting ü in Wingdings only looks like a tick while that font is applied, so the mark breaks when the text moves to another document, machine or format. A pasted Unicode character keeps its shape everywhere.
How do I type a check mark on the keyboard?
There is no key for it, but every system has a short route. In Word on Windows, type 2713 and press Alt+X: the code turns into ✓, and 2714 gives the heavier ✔︎. Elsewhere in Windows, the Windows key + . (period) opens the emoji panel, where a search for check finds the emoji version. On a Mac, press Fn or Globe + E, or choose Emoji & Symbols in the Edit menu, and search for check. A phone's emoji keyboard finds it the same way, but as a colour emoji; for the plain ✓, copy it here once and save it as a text replacement.
What is the difference between a tick and a check mark?
Only the name. Tick is British and Indian English, check mark is American and Canadian. Both mean ✓, the same Unicode character. Search engines treat the two phrasings as different queries, which is why both appear on this page.
Why does my check mark show up as an empty box?
The font on that device has no glyph for that character, so it draws a placeholder box instead. It is a display problem, not a broken copy — the character is intact underneath. Marks that your own device cannot render are hidden from this page automatically, so anything you can see here is safe to use.
Can I use these as checkboxes in a list?
Yes, and that is what ☐ ☑ ☒ are for — an empty box, a ticked box and a crossed box, so a plain-text list can show its own state. They are characters, not controls: nothing happens when you click one. For a box that actually toggles, you need a form element in your app or the Insert or Developer tab in Excel.
Which cross goes with which check mark?
The one from the same family: ✓ with ✗ for the light pair, ✔︎ with ✘ for the heavy one, ☑︎ with ☒ for boxes. They share stroke weight, so a column of them lines up. Mixing ✓ with ❌ puts a colour emoji next to plain text, and on most screens the cross comes out bigger and red.
Where is the green ✅ check mark?
On our emoji page. ✅ is an emoji, not a text symbol: it always shows in colour, looks different on every phone and ignores the font of your document. For a plain mark that matches the text around it, use ✔︎ or ✓ from this page.