How do I type the tick and backtick characters on Windows?

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How do I type tick and backtick on Windows?

What keyboard layout do you have? For US QWERTY, the backtick is they key to the left of the numeral "1". There is no "tick", but you may mean the single quote which on a US QWERTY keyboard is between the Enter key and the semicolon. — Dennis Williamson, Mar 06 '11 at 23:10
I need to know this for the screen based Windows 8 keyboard, so I have asked this again specifically about that keyboard: http://superuser.com/q/663134/166855 — dumbledad, Oct 23 '13 at 09:38
@JakeGould Interestingly enough the post you mention actually doesn't have the proper "alt code" for acute accent. — Goblinlord, Feb 18 '15 at 05:24
On my Turkish QWERTY keyboard, when I press Alt-Gr + ,, it writes backtick`, — Burak Karakuş, Mar 31 '16 at 07:50

score 189 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 22 '21 at 11:19

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Backtick (grave accent)

QWERTY

Key that’s been marked with red border. It’s a dead key by default.

This also applies to the Slovak QWERTZ layout.

QWERTZ Germany & Austria

Shift + Key that's been marked with red border

QWERTZ Switzerland

Shift + Key that's been marked with a red border

QWERTZ Czech Republic and South Slavic Latin (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene)

Alt Gr + Key that's been marked with red border

QWERTZ Hungary

Alt Gr + Key that's been marked with red border

AZERTY France

Alt Gr + Key that’s been marked with red border

AZERTY Belgium

Alt Gr + Key that’s been marked with red border

Forwardtick (acute accent)

AZERTY Belgium

Alt Gr + Key that’s been marked with red border

Alt codes

There may not be forwardtick keys available for the other keyboards, however an alt code exists (Hold left Alt and type the numbers on your num pad).

The below codes should work on any keyboard.

Alt + 96 = `
Alt + 0180 = ´
Alt + 39 = '

So if you want an ', you do the following: Hold left Alt, press 3, release 3 but still hold Alt, press 9, release 9, release Alt.

Unicode Character 'ACUTE ACCENT'

edited Apr 22 '21 at 11:19

Dalija Prasnikar

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answered Mar 06 '11 at 23:22

Pylsa

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-1 u put all this effort in getting the images,even a red border aroudn the key,but the relevant mark on the key is so tiny it's hard2see what it is and in some cases look like a dot or dirt on my screen!They r extremely unclear images with a highlighted border around a key creating the illusion of clarity cos normally a highlight around an area clearly shows the thing it is around.i'm not even sure that'forwardtick'is a proper name. And the pictures just show specks! That red speck on the belgium keyboard key has a black speck too.I can only just ascertain which direction red speck is going – barlop Sep 30 '14 at 21:16
And the french keyboard image with the 7 and the e, and a tiny tiny little speck, that is the worst of all the bad pics you have there. Even clicking the image doesn't help in ascertaining what that character -you have highlighted- is!! Makes me wonder why you even bothered to highlight it. You may as well have said hit the 7 key it has a tick going one way or the other, that you want. Reading your answer carefully I see the french one is a bad tick , from titled backtick at the top, but the image doesn't help at all in showing whether it's back or forward. – barlop Sep 30 '14 at 21:21
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@barlop it's about the location which should be the same on all keyboards of the same localisation. – Pylsa Oct 01 '14 at 22:05
what is 0180? What character is that? – Alexander Mills May 24 '19 at 02:12
for the lazy that do not want to read the linked wiki article: press space after you’ve typed the backtick to have it typed/shown – bugybunny Nov 18 '19 at 10:19
I don't think that first one is representative of QWERTZ. The wikipedia article shows only Slovak QWERTZ as having the backtick in that position; the Swiss, German, and Polish QWERTZ layouts have the backtick key to the left of the backspace, and the others don't appear to have a dedicated backtick key. – Polynomial Apr 02 '21 at 17:34
one of the best answers iv seen so far in this platform , well organized with user-friendly pictures and everything ☺ – The Doctor Nov 24 '23 at 23:35

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '20 at 09:52

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Italian - Italy keyboard have no backtick key assigned.

...but it can be easily added by creating a new keyboard layout with Microsoft Keyboard layout Creator

I suggest to map it like in Linux with the AltGr+? key combination.

Install & run
Add key ALT+096 on the AltGr+? key combination
Generate setup
Launch setup and install the new keyboard
Select the new keyboard layout from Language and keyboard in Windows control panel

answered Oct 19 '20 at 09:52

Stefano Coletta

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There is also Italian 142 keyboard that has backtick. – CarLaTeX Jan 18 '22 at 11:37
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@CarLaTeX correct it is AltGr + ù but it also messes up the default AltGr keys – Enos Jun 11 '22 at 09:31
@Enos Yes, but it's a matter of habit, I use it without problems. – CarLaTeX Jun 11 '22 at 10:40

score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:57

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On a Hungarian keyboard the backtick character is available via Alt Gr+7 (Right Alt+7).

edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:57

Giacomo1968

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answered Jul 30 '17 at 11:17

Csongor Halmai

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered May 16 '18 at 21:23

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On German keyboard, backtick ´ is on the left to backspace , or right to ß key.

You need to press that key and then press space to show up the ´ character.

answered May 16 '18 at 21:23

Mohammed Noureldin

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For the backtick (ASCII 96, 0x60), you have to combine this key with the Shift key. What you are actually describing is the acute accent. – Wolf Sep 29 '22 at 13:01

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 11:30

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Norwegian keyboards has the backtick as a dead character. Press Shift + the key left of the Backspace.

Image here:

edited Oct 24 '21 at 11:30

NotStanding with GoGotaHome

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answered Jan 18 '18 at 10:03

Stiegler

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score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 11:29

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On Brazilian ABNT2 keyboards, the back tick key is the key between P and the key which has these symbols [/{.

It is also know as grave accent. To use it, press Shift + ` and then space.

Brazilian Portuguese translation:

Também é conhecido como acento grave. Para usá-lo, pressione Shift + ` e então Sace.

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NotStanding with GoGotaHome

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answered Sep 07 '15 at 15:06

Alex Byrth

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 09:07

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Fancy Logitech keyboard:

right Fn + Top left key.

edited Oct 24 '21 at 09:07

NotStanding with GoGotaHome

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answered Jun 27 '19 at 14:24

Dom Andrews

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score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Oct 24 '21 at 08:42

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Qwerty-latinoamericano layout:

Hold Alt Gr and press twice the button that has these symbols: ]}

Full shortcut:

AltGr + ]} x 2

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ZygD

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answered Feb 23 '21 at 17:34

Aaron Carrasco

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Thank you very much. – Dan Ortega Apr 20 '21 at 15:34

Goblinlord · Answer 9 · 2015-02-18T07:11:02.270

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While Num Lock is enabled hold Alt and type 0180 on the keypad then release the Alt key. This will result in a forwardtick/acute accent.

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answered Feb 18 '15 at 04:56

Goblinlord

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score 0 · Answer 10 · edited May 12 '20 at 19:53

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The answer was missing for the Spanish keyboard. It is: AltGr+}.

edited May 12 '20 at 19:53

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

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answered May 12 '20 at 16:55

Dan Ortega

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andrespd · Answer 11 · 2020-05-19T16:53:44.853

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Spanish - Spain: QWERTY keyboard layout (slightly different to Latin American Spanish layout)

Its the default value for the key marked with [ althoughit is still a dead key

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answered May 19 '20 at 16:45

andrespd

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score 0 · Answer 12 · edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:59

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QWERTZ: On my keyboard the acute accent is at Alt Gr + 9: ´

Accepted answer's key gives me ¸

edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:59

Giacomo1968

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answered Oct 19 '20 at 12:58

GChuf

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score 0 · Answer 13 · edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:58

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QWERTY for Turkish keyboard, press Alt Gr + ; (Semicolon) key combination and then press Space key.

edited Feb 24 '24 at 03:58

Giacomo1968

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answered Dec 12 '23 at 13:17

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Feb 24 '24 at 03:40

I don't know why nobody suggested this solution, as it is in my opinion the most Windows-native and all the others are not really generic (e.g. they don't work for my italian keyboard without numeric keypad).

Windows PowerToys have a tool to easily remap the keyboard, you can install the package from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/install

This work on Windows 10/11, but I have some recollection I had used it succesfully on previous versione.

How do I type the tick and backtick characters on Windows?

14 Answers14

Backtick (grave accent)

QWERTY

QWERTZ Germany & Austria

QWERTZ Switzerland

QWERTZ Czech Republic and South Slavic Latin (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene)

QWERTZ Hungary

AZERTY France

AZERTY Belgium

Forwardtick (acute accent)

AZERTY Belgium

Alt codes

Linked

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