U+1F513 · emoji since 2010
The open padlock means unlocked, open, and accessible. It marks unlocking access, freedom, and lowering your defenses.
It is the icon for opening up, the satisfying click of something finally set free.
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 Unlocked emoji. In everyday chat most people just call it the unlocked 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.