# U+0008 BACKSPACE

A control in the Basic Latin block.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0008 |
| Name | BACKSPACE |
| Also known as | BS, BACKSPACE |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Control (Cc) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `` `` |
| CSS | `\8` |
| JavaScript | `\u0008` |
| UTF-8 | 08 |
| UTF-16 | 0008 |

## Related characters

- [U+0007 ALERT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0007)
- [U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/0009)
- [U+0006 ACKNOWLEDGE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0006)
- [U+000A END OF LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/000A)
- [U+0005 ENQUIRY](https://unicodekit.com/char/0005)
- [U+000B LINE TABULATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/000B)
- [U+0004 END OF TRANSMISSION](https://unicodekit.com/char/0004)
- [U+000C FORM FEED](https://unicodekit.com/char/000C)
- [U+0003 END OF TEXT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0003)
- [U+000D CARRIAGE RETURN](https://unicodekit.com/char/000D)
- [U+0002 START OF TEXT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0002)
- [U+000E LOCKING-SHIFT ONE](https://unicodekit.com/char/000E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0008 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0008