ALT Codes

ALT codes let Windows users type characters that are not printed on their keyboard. Hold the ALT key, type a number on the numeric keypad, and release ALT to insert the character. NumLock must be active, and the numbers must be entered on the keypad - the row of number keys above the letters will not work.

Codes 32 through 126 produce the standard printable ASCII characters: letters, digits, and common punctuation. Codes 128 through 255 produce extended characters from Code Page 437, the original IBM PC character set, which includes accented letters, box-drawing symbols, and Greek letters.

Adding a leading zero changes the behavior: ALT + 0128 through ALT + 0255 use the Windows-1252 (ANSI) code page instead of CP437. This gives access to different characters like curly quotes, the Euro sign, and additional accented letters used in Western European languages.

222 total

Printable ASCII (32-126)

ALT Code	Character	Dec	Hex	Description
Alt + 32	(Space)	32	20	Space
Alt + 33	!	33	21	Exclamation mark
Alt + 34	"	34	22	Double quotes (or speech marks)
Alt + 35	#	35	23	Number sign
Alt + 36	$	36	24	Dollar
Alt + 37	%	37	25	Per cent sign
Alt + 38	&	38	26	Ampersand
Alt + 39	'	39	27	Single quote
Alt + 40	(	40	28	Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
Alt + 41	)	41	29	Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
Alt + 42	*	42	2A	Asterisk
Alt + 43	+	43	2B	Plus
Alt + 44	,	44	2C	Comma
Alt + 45	-	45	2D	Hyphen-minus
Alt + 46	.	46	2E	Period, dot or full stop
Alt + 47	/	47	2F	Slash or divide
Alt + 48	0	48	30	Zero
Alt + 49	1	49	31	One
Alt + 50	2	50	32	Two
Alt + 51	3	51	33	Three
Alt + 52	4	52	34	Four
Alt + 53	5	53	35	Five
Alt + 54	6	54	36	Six
Alt + 55	7	55	37	Seven
Alt + 56	8	56	38	Eight
Alt + 57	9	57	39	Nine
Alt + 58	:	58	3A	Colon
Alt + 59	;	59	3B	Semicolon
Alt + 60	<	60	3C	Less than (or open angled bracket)
Alt + 61	=	61	3D	Equals
Alt + 62	>	62	3E	Greater than (or close angled bracket)
Alt + 63	?	63	3F	Question mark
Alt + 64	@	64	40	At sign
Alt + 65	A	65	41	Uppercase A
Alt + 66	B	66	42	Uppercase B
Alt + 67	C	67	43	Uppercase C
Alt + 68	D	68	44	Uppercase D
Alt + 69	E	69	45	Uppercase E
Alt + 70	F	70	46	Uppercase F
Alt + 71	G	71	47	Uppercase G
Alt + 72	H	72	48	Uppercase H
Alt + 73	I	73	49	Uppercase I
Alt + 74	J	74	4A	Uppercase J
Alt + 75	K	75	4B	Uppercase K
Alt + 76	L	76	4C	Uppercase L
Alt + 77	M	77	4D	Uppercase M
Alt + 78	N	78	4E	Uppercase N
Alt + 79	O	79	4F	Uppercase O
Alt + 80	P	80	50	Uppercase P
Alt + 81	Q	81	51	Uppercase Q
Alt + 82	R	82	52	Uppercase R
Alt + 83	S	83	53	Uppercase S
Alt + 84	T	84	54	Uppercase T
Alt + 85	U	85	55	Uppercase U
Alt + 86	V	86	56	Uppercase V
Alt + 87	W	87	57	Uppercase W
Alt + 88	X	88	58	Uppercase X
Alt + 89	Y	89	59	Uppercase Y
Alt + 90	Z	90	5A	Uppercase Z
Alt + 91	[	91	5B	Opening bracket
Alt + 92	\	92	5C	Backslash
Alt + 93	]	93	5D	Closing bracket
Alt + 94	^	94	5E	Caret - circumflex
Alt + 95	_	95	5F	Underscore
Alt + 96	`	96	60	Grave accent
Alt + 97	a	97	61	Lowercase a
Alt + 98	b	98	62	Lowercase b
Alt + 99	c	99	63	Lowercase c
Alt + 100	d	100	64	Lowercase d
Alt + 101	e	101	65	Lowercase e
Alt + 102	f	102	66	Lowercase f
Alt + 103	g	103	67	Lowercase g
Alt + 104	h	104	68	Lowercase h
Alt + 105	i	105	69	Lowercase i
Alt + 106	j	106	6A	Lowercase j
Alt + 107	k	107	6B	Lowercase k
Alt + 108	l	108	6C	Lowercase l
Alt + 109	m	109	6D	Lowercase m
Alt + 110	n	110	6E	Lowercase n
Alt + 111	o	111	6F	Lowercase o
Alt + 112	p	112	70	Lowercase p
Alt + 113	q	113	71	Lowercase q
Alt + 114	r	114	72	Lowercase r
Alt + 115	s	115	73	Lowercase s
Alt + 116	t	116	74	Lowercase t
Alt + 117	u	117	75	Lowercase u
Alt + 118	v	118	76	Lowercase v
Alt + 119	w	119	77	Lowercase w
Alt + 120	x	120	78	Lowercase x
Alt + 121	y	121	79	Lowercase y
Alt + 122	z	122	7A	Lowercase z
Alt + 123	{	123	7B	Opening brace
Alt + 124	\|	124	7C	Vertical bar
Alt + 125	}	125	7D	Closing brace
Alt + 126	~	126	7E	Equivalency sign - tilde

Extended Characters (128-255)

ALT Code	Character	Dec	Hex	Description
Alt + 128	Ç	128	80	Latin capital letter C with cedilla
Alt + 129	ü	129	81	Latin small letter u with diaeresis
Alt + 130	é	130	82	Latin small letter e with acute
Alt + 131	â	131	83	Latin small letter a with circumflex
Alt + 132	ä	132	84	Latin small letter a with diaeresis
Alt + 133	à	133	85	Latin small letter a with grave
Alt + 134	å	134	86	Latin small letter a with ring above
Alt + 135	ç	135	87	Latin small letter c with cedilla
Alt + 136	ê	136	88	Latin small letter e with circumflex
Alt + 137	ë	137	89	Latin small letter e with diaeresis
Alt + 138	è	138	8A	Latin small letter e with grave
Alt + 139	ï	139	8B	Latin small letter i with diaeresis
Alt + 140	î	140	8C	Latin small letter i with circumflex
Alt + 141	ì	141	8D	Latin small letter i with grave
Alt + 142	Ä	142	8E	Latin capital letter A with diaeresis
Alt + 143	Å	143	8F	Latin capital letter A with ring above
Alt + 144	É	144	90	Latin capital letter E with acute
Alt + 145	æ	145	91	Latin small letter ae
Alt + 146	Æ	146	92	Latin capital letter AE
Alt + 147	ô	147	93	Latin small letter o with circumflex
Alt + 148	ö	148	94	Latin small letter o with diaeresis
Alt + 149	ò	149	95	Latin small letter o with grave
Alt + 150	û	150	96	Latin small letter u with circumflex
Alt + 151	ù	151	97	Latin small letter u with grave
Alt + 152	ÿ	152	98	Latin small letter y with diaeresis
Alt + 153	Ö	153	99	Latin capital letter O with diaeresis
Alt + 154	Ü	154	9A	Latin capital letter U with diaeresis
Alt + 155	¢	155	9B	Cent sign
Alt + 156	£	156	9C	Pound sign
Alt + 157	¥	157	9D	Yen sign
Alt + 158	₧	158	9E	Peseta sign
Alt + 159	ƒ	159	9F	Latin small letter f with hook
Alt + 160	á	160	A0	Latin small letter a with acute
Alt + 161	í	161	A1	Latin small letter i with acute
Alt + 162	ó	162	A2	Latin small letter o with acute
Alt + 163	ú	163	A3	Latin small letter u with acute
Alt + 164	ñ	164	A4	Latin small letter n with tilde
Alt + 165	Ñ	165	A5	Latin capital letter N with tilde
Alt + 166	ª	166	A6	Feminine ordinal indicator
Alt + 167	º	167	A7	Masculine ordinal indicator
Alt + 168	¿	168	A8	Inverted question mark
Alt + 169	⌐	169	A9	Reversed not sign
Alt + 170	¬	170	AA	Negation
Alt + 171	½	171	AB	Fraction one half
Alt + 172	¼	172	AC	Fraction one quarter
Alt + 173	¡	173	AD	Inverted exclamation mark
Alt + 174	«	174	AE	Left double angle quotes
Alt + 175	»	175	AF	Right double angle quotes
Alt + 176	░	176	B0	Light shade
Alt + 177	▒	177	B1	Medium shade
Alt + 178	▓	178	B2	Dark shade
Alt + 179	│	179	B3	Box drawings light vertical
Alt + 180	┤	180	B4	Box drawings light vertical and left
Alt + 181	╡	181	B5	Box drawings vertical single and left double
Alt + 182	╢	182	B6	Box drawings vertical double and left single
Alt + 183	╖	183	B7	Box drawings down double and left single
Alt + 184	╕	184	B8	Box drawings down single and left double
Alt + 185	╣	185	B9	Box drawings double vertical and left
Alt + 186	║	186	BA	Box drawings double vertical
Alt + 187	╗	187	BB	Box drawings double down and left
Alt + 188	╝	188	BC	Box drawings double up and left
Alt + 189	╜	189	BD	Box drawings up double and left single
Alt + 190	╛	190	BE	Box drawings up single and left double
Alt + 191	┐	191	BF	Box drawings light down and left
Alt + 192	└	192	C0	Box drawings light up and right
Alt + 193	┴	193	C1	Box drawings light up and horizontal
Alt + 194	┬	194	C2	Box drawings light down and horizontal
Alt + 195	├	195	C3	Box drawings light vertical and right
Alt + 196	─	196	C4	Box drawings light horizontal
Alt + 197	┼	197	C5	Box drawings light vertical and horizontal
Alt + 198	╞	198	C6	Box drawings vertical single and right double
Alt + 199	╟	199	C7	Box drawings vertical double and right single
Alt + 200	╚	200	C8	Box drawings double up and right
Alt + 201	╔	201	C9	Box drawings double down and right
Alt + 202	╩	202	CA	Box drawings double up and horizontal
Alt + 203	╦	203	CB	Box drawings double down and horizontal
Alt + 204	╠	204	CC	Box drawings double vertical and right
Alt + 205	═	205	CD	Box drawings double horizontal
Alt + 206	╬	206	CE	Box drawings double vertical and horizontal
Alt + 207	╧	207	CF	Box drawings up single and horizontal double
Alt + 208	╨	208	D0	Box drawings up double and horizontal single
Alt + 209	╤	209	D1	Box drawings down single and horizontal double
Alt + 210	╥	210	D2	Box drawings down double and horizontal single
Alt + 211	╙	211	D3	Box drawings up double and right single
Alt + 212	╘	212	D4	Box drawings up single and right double
Alt + 213	╒	213	D5	Box drawings down single and right double
Alt + 214	╓	214	D6	Box drawings down double and right single
Alt + 215	╫	215	D7	Box drawings vertical double and horizontal single
Alt + 216	╪	216	D8	Box drawings vertical single and horizontal double
Alt + 217	┘	217	D9	Box drawings light up and left
Alt + 218	┌	218	DA	Box drawings light down and right
Alt + 219	█	219	DB	Full block
Alt + 220	▄	220	DC	Lower half block
Alt + 221	▌	221	DD	Left half block
Alt + 222	▐	222	DE	Right half block
Alt + 223	▀	223	DF	Upper half block
Alt + 224	α	224	E0	Greek small letter alpha
Alt + 225	ß	225	E1	Latin small letter sharp s - ess-zed
Alt + 226	Γ	226	E2	Greek capital letter Gamma
Alt + 227	π	227	E3	Greek small letter pi
Alt + 228	Σ	228	E4	Greek capital letter Sigma
Alt + 229	σ	229	E5	Greek small letter sigma
Alt + 230	µ	230	E6	Micro sign
Alt + 231	τ	231	E7	Greek small letter tau
Alt + 232	Φ	232	E8	Greek capital letter Phi
Alt + 233	Θ	233	E9	Greek capital letter Theta
Alt + 234	Ω	234	EA	Greek capital letter Omega
Alt + 235	δ	235	EB	Greek Small Letter Delta
Alt + 236	∞	236	EC	Infinity
Alt + 237	φ	237	ED	Greek small letter phi
Alt + 238	ε	238	EE	Greek small letter epsilon
Alt + 239	∩	239	EF	Intersection
Alt + 240	≡	240	F0	Identical to
Alt + 241	±	241	F1	Plus-or-minus sign
Alt + 242	≥	242	F2	Greater-than or equal to
Alt + 243	≤	243	F3	Less-than or equal to
Alt + 244	⌠	244	F4	Top half integral
Alt + 245	⌡	245	F5	Bottom half integral
Alt + 246	÷	246	F6	Division sign
Alt + 247	≈	247	F7	Almost equal to
Alt + 248	°	248	F8	Degree sign
Alt + 249	∙	249	F9	Bullet operator
Alt + 250	·	250	FA	Middle dot - Georgian comma
Alt + 251	√	251	FB	Square root
Alt + 252	ⁿ	252	FC	Superscript latin small letter n
Alt + 253	²	253	FD	Superscript two - squared
Alt + 254	■	254	FE	Black square

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I type ALT codes on Windows?

Make sure NumLock is turned on. Hold down the left ALT key, then type the numeric code on the numeric keypad (the number block on the right side of a full keyboard, not the row of numbers above the letters). Release ALT and the character will appear. For example, ALT + 65 produces the letter A, and ALT + 130 produces the accented e (e with acute).

Why do ALT codes not work on my laptop?

Most laptops lack a dedicated numeric keypad. Some models have a hidden numpad activated by the Fn key (usually mapped to keys like J, K, L, U, I, O in a grid pattern). Check your laptop manual for the Fn+NumLock shortcut. Alternatively, you can use the Windows Character Map utility (charmap.exe), the Win+Period emoji picker, or type the Unicode hex value in supported applications.

What is the difference between ALT codes and ALT+0 codes?

Plain ALT codes (without a leading zero) use the OEM code page, which is typically CP437 on US English systems. ALT+0 codes (with a leading zero, like ALT + 0169 for the copyright symbol) use the Windows ANSI code page, usually Windows-1252. The two sets produce different characters for codes 128 through 255. ALT+0 codes are generally more useful for modern documents because Windows-1252 includes characters like curly quotes, the Euro sign, and the trademark symbol.