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A left-pointing arrow marking the key that deletes backwards.
The glyph ⌫ marks the backspace key. It points left because it removes the character behind the cursor, in contrast with the forward delete key's rightward arrow.
Encoded as U+232B ERASE TO THE LEFT, an arrow pointing left with a cross inside its body.
Contexts: Software
Marks the key that removes the character immediately before the insertion point and moves the cursor back one place.
Contexts: Software
A left-pointing arrow whose rectangular body carries a small diagonal cross, the head a solid triangle at the left end.
Both are built from arrows, and both are used in software contexts.