Windows
2 options- Hold Alt and type 0039 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
- Or, in Word: type 0027 then press Alt + X.
Numeric keypad required (laptops: enable Num Lock or use Fn).
Apostrophe Symbol
A symbol from the Quote Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.
- Symbol
- '
- Unicode
- U+0027
- HTML entity
- '
- Category
- Quote Symbols
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2 of 24 in the quote symbols collection
About the apostrophe symbol
The apostrophe serves as a punctuation mark for indicating possession, forming contractions, and denoting omitted letters or numbers in written English and several other languages. It appears in standard prose, formal documents, casual writing, and digital text across all platforms and devices. As a character in the Basic Latin block, it is universally supported in any modern text encoding system.
How to type Apostrophe
Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.
macOS
2 options- Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 0027.
- Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.
Linux
1 step- Press Ctrl + Shift + U, type 27, then press Enter or Space.
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