Outbox Tray 📤️

A simple, tilted rectangular tray or box—often depicted in gray, metallic, or blue tones—sitting at an angle that suggests it's ready to send items outward. The design mimics the classic office outbox tray where you'd stack documents before they leave your desk.

This emoji represents sending, dispatching, or the action of putting something out into the world. People use it when discussing work emails, submitted tasks, or anything that's been sent and is now out of their hands. It's commonly paired with productivity talk, office culture, or moments when you've finally clicked "send" and can take a breath.

The outbox tray has a satisfying sense of completion—you've processed, compiled, and pushed something forward. It shows up in conversations about workflow, finished projects, or when you're clearing your inbox by sending replies. There's a subtle sense of relief and accomplishment baked into this emoji's usage.

Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 0.6 in 2010, the outbox tray maintains its association with workplace efficiency and digital workflows, even as most modern workers rarely use physical trays anymore.