Tilde
Part of Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126
On Windows, hold Alt and type 126 on the numeric keypad to insert tilde.
- Alt code
- Alt+126
- HTML entity
- ~
- Unicode
- U+007E
About this symbol
The tilde was the mark over Spanish ñ and Portuguese ã before it became a key of its own. On computers it means approximately, as in ~5 minutes, and in Unix and Linux ~ stands for your home folder.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- TILDE
- Type
- Maths symbol
- Unicode block
- Basic Latin
- Unicode group
- ASCII punctuation and symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
- Unicode notes
- This is a spacing character
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Basic ASCII: Alt 33 to 126 chart for related characters.