U+1F4C2 · emoji since 2010
The open file folder spills its documents out, ready to browse. It means opening files, digging through records, and finding what you need.
It marks computer storage and active projects, the icon for opened up and ready to work.
In texting, 📂 does not carry a widely used hidden or slang meaning, so you can usually take it at face value. People send it just as it looks, to add a little visual touch or set the mood of a message. Only a handful of emoji have a separate texting code, and 📂 is not really one of them.
Its official Unicode name is the Open File Folder emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the open file folder emoji or describe what it shows. Copy and paste it from the button at the top of this page.
The 📂 leads off a short phrase, and the rest of the words are written in cipher, every letter disguised as another emoji. Tap decipher to reveal the whole line.
Or make your own cipher in the translator.