Complete Alt Keyboard Code list

You can type many special characters directly from your keyboard without having to use special programs or tools like Window’s Character Map. If there’s a character you use frequently, just remember the Alt code for it to type it quickly, such an an accented e (é).

This works on just about any IBM-compatible computer, and will work in DOS, Windows, and just about anything that supports keyboard standards. You can insert special symbols that are not available on a standard keyboard. You can save time when typing math or currency symbols, and you can easily use letters from different alphabets.

How to Use Alt Codes on Windows

1. Make sure that the Num Lock key is enabled
2. Hold down the Alt key.
3. While holding the Alt key, type a 3 or 4-digit code from the tables below.
4. Release the Alt key, and the character will appear where your text cursor is.

Standard Alt Codes (Hold Alt and enter the code on the numeric keypad)

Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol
1	☺	2	☻	3	♥	4	♦	5	♣	6	♠
7	•	8	◘	9	○	10	◙	11	♂	12	♀
13	♪	14	♫	15	☼	16	►	17	◄	18	↕
19	‼	20	¶	21	§	22	▬	23	↨	24	↑
25	↓	26	→	27	←	28	∟	29	↔	30	▲
31	▼	32	space	33	!	34	“	35	#	36	$
37	%	38	&	39	‘	40	(	41	)	42	*
43	+	44	,	45	–	46	.	47	/	48	0
49	1	50	2	51	3	52	4	53	5	54	6
55	7	56	8	57	9	58	:	59	;	60	<
61	=	62	>	63	?	64	@	65	A	66	B
67	C	68	D	69	E	70	F	71	G	72	H
73	I	74	J	75	K	76	L	77	M	78	N
79	O	80	P	81	Q	82	R	83	S	84	T
85	U	86	V	87	W	88	X	89	Y	90	Z
91	[	92	\	93	]	94	^	95	_	96	`
97	a	98	b	99	c	100	d	101	e	102	f
103	g	104	h	105	i	106	j	107	k	108	l
109	m	110	n	111	o	112	p	113	q	114	r
115	s	116	t	117	u	118	v	119	w	120	x
121	y	122	z	123	{	124	|	125	}	126	~
127	⌂	128	А	129	Б	130	В	131	Г	132	Д
176	░	177	▒	178	▓	179	│	180	┤	181	╡
182	╢	183	╖	184	╕	185	╣	186	║	187	╗
188	╝	189	╜	190	╛	191	┐	192	└	193	┴
194	┬	195	├	196	─	197	┼	198	╞	199	╟
200	╚	201	╔	202	╩	203	╦	204	╠	205	═
206	╬	207	╧	208	╨	209	╤	210	╥	211	╙
212	╘	213	╒	214	╓	215	╫	216	╪	217	┘
218	┌	219	█	220	▄	221	▌	222	▐	223	▀
224	р	225	с	226	т	227	у	228	ф	229	х
230	ц	231	ч	232	ш	233	щ	234	ъ	235	ы
236	ь	237	э	238	ю	239	я	240	Ё	241	ё
242	Є	243	є	244	Ї	245	ї	246	Ў	247	ў
248	°	249	∙	250	·	251	√	252	№	253	¤
254	■	255	non-breaking space

Extended Alt Codes (Alt+0xxx)

Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol	Alt Code	Symbol
0127	(empty)	0128	€	0129		0130	‚	0131	ƒ
0132	„	0133	…	0144	ђ	0145	‘	0146	‘
0147	»	0148	«	0149	•	0150	–	0151	—
0152	˜	0153	™	0154	š	0155	ɨ̃	0156	œ
0157	ќ	0158	ž	0159	Ÿ	0160	non-breaking space	0161	¡
0162	¢	0163	£	0164	¤	0165	¥	0166	¦
0167	§	0168	¨	0169	©	0170	ª	0171	«
0172	¬	0173	н	0174	®	0175	¯	0176	°
0177	±	0178	²	0179	³	0180	´	0181	µ
0182	¶	0183	·	0184	¸	0185	¹	0186	º
0187	»	0188	¼	0189	½	0190	¾	0191	¿
0192	À	0193	Á	0194	Â	0195	Ã	0196	Ä
0197	Å	0198	Æ	0199	Ç	0200	È	0201	É
0202	Ê	0203	Ë	0204	Ì	0205	Í	0206	Î
0207	Ï	0208	Ð	0209	Ñ	0210	Ò	0211	Ó
0212	Ô	0213	Õ	0214	Ö	0215	×	0216	Ø
0217	Ù	0218	Ú	0219	Û	0220	Ü	0221	Ý
0222	Þ	0223	ß	0224	à	0225	á	0226	â
0227	ã	0228	ä	0229	å	0230	æ	0231	ç
0232	è	0233	é	0234	ê	0235	ë	0236	ì
0237	í	0238	î	0239	ï	0240	ð	0241	ñ
0242	ò	0243	ó	0244	ô	0245	õ	0246	ö
0247	÷	0248	ø	0249	ù	0250	ú	0251	û
0252	ü	0253	ý	0254	þ	0255	ÿ

Common German Special Characters

Alt Code	Symbol	Description	Keyboard Shortcut
0196	Ä	Capital A with umlaut	Shift + ” then A
0214	Ö	Capital O with umlaut	Shift + ” then O
0220	Ü	Capital U with umlaut	Shift + ” then U
0228	ä	Lowercase a with umlaut	” then a
0246	ö	Lowercase o with umlaut	” then o
0252	ü	Lowercase u with umlaut	” then u
0223	ß	Eszett (sharp S)	Direct key on German keyboard
0128	€	Euro	Alt Gr + e