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Unlike the apple logo/icon, it’s not too hard to figure out how to Type Degree° Symbol in the text, Mail, Chat, or Note apps. You don’t need to type degree in text for that. A good way to write on a professional job is to keep the degree symbol. Due to a lack of space and the fact that other characters are easy to find, the people who made the iOS virtual keyboard didn’t think much of the degree symbol. Not like the physical keyboard we use on Mac or PC.
If you use Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, you can type the degree symbol from the Insert menu. But what about another app? If you look at the steps below, you can find them on any version of iOS. Because of this, all versions of iOS/iPadOS on iPhone and iPad still look the same.
How to Type Degree° Symbol on iPhone and iPad
- Open the app you’re typing in and make sure the keyboard is up and ready.
- Access the numeric keyboard by tapping the 123 button.
- Press and hold the zero (0) key until the little pop-up appears.
- Slide your finger to the ° degree symbol to select it and release your finger.
How to Type Degree° Symbol on Mac
- On Mac, it’s even easier. Just use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Option + 8 to type the degree sign.
- With all the useful keyboard shortcuts you can use on Mac, this may be one you’ll forget if you don’t use it often. In that case, just use the emoji keyboard (Character Viewer) to pop in the degree symbol.
- With all the useful keyboard shortcuts you can use on Mac, this may be one you’ll forget if you don’t use it often. In that case, just use the emoji keyboard (Character Viewer) to pop in the degree symbol.
- If you have Emojis & Symbols in your menu bar, select it, or you can° use Edit > Emojis & Symbols from the menu bar for the app. Enter “degree” into the search box, and you’ll see the degree sign appear. Just drag it to the document, email, note, or whatever.
Why Doesn’t My iPhone Have a Degree Symbol?
At first glance, it might look like there is no degree symbol on the iPhone’s keyboard. But this symbol is hidden in the menu of special characters. Apple made the keyboard to be clean and easy to use, so some symbols are hidden to make it less cluttered.
Special characters that aren’t easy to see on a device’s keyboard are called “hidden special characters.” Some of them are the symbol for copyright, the TM symbol for trademark, and the ° symbol for degrees. Users usually have to go through certain menus or use certain key combinations to get to these characters. Find out how to do this by reading on.
FAQs
Touch and hold on to the letter, number, or symbol with hidden characters while typing in Messages, Notes, Mail, and other apps. Here, you will see a pop-up picker with all the additional characters. Now, drag your finger to insert the special character. Note: The pop-up will vanish if you move or lift your finger.
From the iOS keyboard on your iPhone or iPad: First hit the “123” button to see the numerical keypad. Now you can access the degree sign by tapping and holding the 0 (zero) key. This will reveal the degree symbol, and this can be selected through a pop-up menu that appears over the key.
Go to Insert > Symbol. Pick a symbol, or choose More Symbols. Scroll up or down to find the symbol you want to insert. Different font sets often have different symbols in them and the most commonly used symbols are in the Segoe UI Symbol font set.