Character Map (Windows)

Character Map
Other namescharmap.exe
DeveloperMicrosoft
Stable release
5.2.3668.0 / July 2009 (2009-07)
Operating systemWindows NT 3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11
PlatformIA-32, x86-64 and ARM (and historically DEC Alpha, Itanium, MIPS, and PowerPC)
TypeCharacter map

Character Map is a utility included with Microsoft Windows operating systems and is used to view the characters in any installed font, to check what keyboard input (Alt code) is used to enter those characters, and to copy characters to the clipboard in lieu of typing them. Other operating systems have apps which do the same things that Character Map does; for example, Apple MacOS Character Viewer (formerly Character Palette).