You may not realize that Windows has built-in symbols you can incorporate into the status updates and chat on Facebook. You can use them in your display name too if you want. There are kinds of symbols available, from smileys to music notes and more.

These symbols are actual ASCII characters that can be used anywhere you can type text. That’s how you can use them in Facebook chat and updates. You can even use them on Twitter. All you have to do is highlight the symbol on this page, copy it and paste it into Facebook.

Telephone symbols can come in handy on Facebook if you want to tell people you’re expecting a call, talking on the phone or about to call someone. You can also use it to tell someone to call you. Here are the phone symbols available for use on Facebook:

Facebook Phone Symbols

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Black Phone

This phone symbol is a great one to use when you are talking on the phone and unable to chat. You can post it on your Facebook status and then update again when you’re available.

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Outline Phone

Here is another symbol you can use to indicate that you are busy talking on the phone. Isn’t this a lot more fun than a busy signal?

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Pay Phone Symbol

You can use the pay phone symbol the same way you would use any other phone symbol. You could also use it to tell a person to call someone who cares.

Now you know how to add a phone symbol to your Facebook updates. Please leave a comment if you know of any we’ve missed.