Alt Codes for Accents
Find alt codes for accents in one place: hold Alt and type the numeric code for accented letters like é (Alt + 0233 or Alt + 130), ñ (Alt + 0241 or Alt + 164) and ü (Alt + 0252 or Alt + 129).
| Alt code | Result (code page 437) | Alt code | Result (Windows-1252) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt 128 | Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla | Alt 0128 | – |
| Alt 129 | Latin Small Letter U with Diaeresis | Alt 0129 | – |
| Alt 130 | Latin Small Letter E with Acute | Alt 0130 | – |
| Alt 131 | Latin Small Letter A with Circumflex | Alt 0131 | – |
| Alt 132 | Latin Small Letter A with Diaeresis | Alt 0132 | – |
| Alt 133 | Latin Small Letter A with Grave | Alt 0133 | – |
| Alt 134 | Latin Small Letter A with Ring Above | Alt 0134 | – |
| Alt 135 | Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla | Alt 0135 | – |
| Alt 136 | Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex | Alt 0136 | – |
| Alt 137 | Latin Small Letter E with Diaeresis | Alt 0137 | – |
| Alt 138 | Latin Small Letter E with Grave | Alt 0138 | – |
| Alt 139 | Latin Small Letter I with Diaeresis | Alt 0139 | – |
| Alt 140 | Latin Small Letter I with Circumflex | Alt 0140 | – |
| Alt 141 | Latin Small Letter I with Grave | Alt 0141 | – |
| Alt 142 | Latin Capital Letter A with Diaeresis | Alt 0142 | – |
| Alt 143 | Latin Capital Letter A with Ring Above | Alt 0143 | – |
| Alt 144 | Latin Capital Letter E with Acute | Alt 0144 | – |
| Alt 145 | Latin Small Letter Ae | Alt 0145 | – |
| Alt 146 | Latin Capital Letter Ae | Alt 0146 | – |
| Alt 147 | Latin Small Letter O with Circumflex | Alt 0147 | – |
| Alt 148 | Latin Small Letter O with Diaeresis | Alt 0148 | – |
| Alt 149 | Latin Small Letter O with Grave | Alt 0149 | – |
| Alt 150 | Latin Small Letter U with Circumflex | Alt 0150 | – |
| Alt 151 | Latin Small Letter U with Grave | Alt 0151 | – |
| Alt 153 | Latin Capital Letter O with Diaeresis | Alt 0153 | – |
| Alt 154 | Latin Capital Letter U with Diaeresis | Alt 0154 | – |
| Alt 160 | Latin Small Letter A with Acute | Alt 0160 | No-Break Space |
| Alt 161 | Latin Small Letter I with Acute | Alt 0161 | Inverted Exclamation Mark |
| Alt 162 | Latin Small Letter O with Acute | Alt 0162 | Cent Sign |
| Alt 163 | Latin Small Letter U with Acute | Alt 0163 | Pound Sign |
| Alt 164 | Latin Small Letter N with Tilde | Alt 0164 | Currency Sign |
| Alt 165 | Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde | Alt 0165 | Yen Sign |
| Alt 192 | Box Drawings Light Up and Right | Alt 0192 | Latin Capital Letter A with Grave |
| Alt 193 | Box Drawings Light Up and Horizontal | Alt 0193 | Latin Capital Letter A with Acute |
| Alt 194 | Box Drawings Light Down and Horizontal | Alt 0194 | Latin Capital Letter A with Circumflex |
| Alt 195 | Box Drawings Light Vertical and Right | Alt 0195 | Latin Capital Letter A with Tilde |
| Alt 196 | Box Drawings Light Horizontal | Alt 0196 | Latin Capital Letter A with Diaeresis |
| Alt 197 | Box Drawings Light Vertical and Horizontal | Alt 0197 | Latin Capital Letter A with Ring Above |
| Alt 198 | Box Drawings Vertical Single and Right Double | Alt 0198 | Latin Capital Letter Ae |
| Alt 199 | Box Drawings Vertical Double and Right Single | Alt 0199 | Latin Capital Letter C with Cedilla |
| Alt 200 | Box Drawings Double Up and Right | Alt 0200 | Latin Capital Letter E with Grave |
| Alt 201 | Box Drawings Double Down and Right | Alt 0201 | Latin Capital Letter E with Acute |
| Alt 202 | Box Drawings Double Up and Horizontal | Alt 0202 | Latin Capital Letter E with Circumflex |
| Alt 203 | Box Drawings Double Down and Horizontal | Alt 0203 | Latin Capital Letter E with Diaeresis |
| Alt 204 | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Right | Alt 0204 | Latin Capital Letter I with Grave |
| Alt 205 | Box Drawings Double Horizontal | Alt 0205 | Latin Capital Letter I with Acute |
| Alt 206 | Box Drawings Double Vertical and Horizontal | Alt 0206 | Latin Capital Letter I with Circumflex |
| Alt 207 | Box Drawings Up Single and Horizontal Double | Alt 0207 | Latin Capital Letter I with Diaeresis |
| Alt 209 | Box Drawings Down Single and Horizontal Double | Alt 0209 | Latin Capital Letter N with Tilde |
| Alt 210 | Box Drawings Down Double and Horizontal Single | Alt 0210 | Latin Capital Letter O with Grave |
| Alt 211 | Box Drawings Up Double and Right Single | Alt 0211 | Latin Capital Letter O with Acute |
| Alt 212 | Box Drawings Up Single and Right Double | Alt 0212 | Latin Capital Letter O with Circumflex |
| Alt 213 | Box Drawings Down Single and Right Double | Alt 0213 | Latin Capital Letter O with Tilde |
| Alt 214 | Box Drawings Down Double and Right Single | Alt 0214 | Latin Capital Letter O with Diaeresis |
| Alt 216 | Box Drawings Vertical Single and Horizontal Double | Alt 0216 | Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke |
| Alt 217 | Box Drawings Light Up and Left | Alt 0217 | Latin Capital Letter U with Grave |
| Alt 218 | Box Drawings Light Down and Right | Alt 0218 | Latin Capital Letter U with Acute |
| Alt 219 | Full Block | Alt 0219 | Latin Capital Letter U with Circumflex |
| Alt 220 | Lower Half Block | Alt 0220 | Latin Capital Letter U with Diaeresis |
| Alt 224 | Greek Small Letter Alpha | Alt 0224 | Latin Small Letter A with Grave |
| Alt 225 | Latin Small Letter Sharp S | Alt 0225 | Latin Small Letter A with Acute |
| Alt 226 | Greek Capital Letter Gamma | Alt 0226 | Latin Small Letter A with Circumflex |
| Alt 227 | Greek Small Letter Pi | Alt 0227 | Latin Small Letter A with Tilde |
| Alt 228 | Greek Capital Letter Sigma | Alt 0228 | Latin Small Letter A with Diaeresis |
| Alt 229 | Greek Small Letter Sigma | Alt 0229 | Latin Small Letter A with Ring Above |
| Alt 230 | Micro Sign | Alt 0230 | Latin Small Letter Ae |
| Alt 231 | Greek Small Letter Tau | Alt 0231 | Latin Small Letter C with Cedilla |
| Alt 232 | Greek Capital Letter Phi | Alt 0232 | Latin Small Letter E with Grave |
| Alt 233 | Greek Capital Letter Theta | Alt 0233 | Latin Small Letter E with Acute |
| Alt 234 | Greek Capital Letter Omega | Alt 0234 | Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex |
| Alt 235 | Greek Small Letter Delta | Alt 0235 | Latin Small Letter E with Diaeresis |
| Alt 236 | Infinity | Alt 0236 | Latin Small Letter I with Grave |
| Alt 237 | Greek Small Letter Phi | Alt 0237 | Latin Small Letter I with Acute |
| Alt 238 | Greek Small Letter Epsilon | Alt 0238 | Latin Small Letter I with Circumflex |
| Alt 239 | Intersection | Alt 0239 | Latin Small Letter I with Diaeresis |
| Alt 241 | Plus-Minus Sign | Alt 0241 | Latin Small Letter N with Tilde |
| Alt 242 | Greater-Than Or Equal to | Alt 0242 | Latin Small Letter O with Grave |
| Alt 243 | Less-Than Or Equal to | Alt 0243 | Latin Small Letter O with Acute |
| Alt 244 | Top Half Integral | Alt 0244 | Latin Small Letter O with Circumflex |
| Alt 245 | Bottom Half Integral | Alt 0245 | Latin Small Letter O with Tilde |
| Alt 246 | Division Sign | Alt 0246 | Latin Small Letter O with Diaeresis |
| Alt 248 | Degree Sign | Alt 0248 | Latin Small Letter O with Stroke |
| Alt 249 | Bullet Operator | Alt 0249 | Latin Small Letter U with Grave |
| Alt 250 | Middle Dot | Alt 0250 | Latin Small Letter U with Acute |
| Alt 251 | Square Root | Alt 0251 | Latin Small Letter U with Circumflex |
| Alt 252 | Superscript Latin Small Letter N | Alt 0252 | Latin Small Letter U with Diaeresis |
How to type accented letters with Windows Alt codes
Typing foreign language words, foreign names, and loanwords in English often requires accented letters such as acute accents (é, á), tildes (ñ), umlauts (ü, ö), graves (à, è), circumflexes (ê, ô), and cedillas (ç). On Windows, memorizing a few essential alt codes for accents allows you to insert any diacritical mark instantly without changing your system display language.
To type an accented letter:
- Ensure Num Lock is activated on your keyboard’s numeric keypad.
- Press and hold down the Alt key.
- Type either the classic 3-digit Code Page 437 code (e.g., 130 for é or 164 for ñ) or the 4-digit Windows-1252 code (e.g., 0233 for é or 0241 for ñ) on the numeric keypad.
- Release the Alt key, and the accented character will appear.
The filtered chart above lists every accented letter supported by Windows Alt codes, displaying both the 3-digit DOS code and the 4-digit ANSI code for comparison.
Why accented letters have two different Alt codes
Accented vowels and consonants frequently have two valid Alt codes because Windows maintains backward compatibility across two distinct character sets:
- 3-Digit OEM Codes (Code Page 437): When IBM released the original PC in 1981, it reserved character positions 128 through 167 for common European accented letters like é (130), ü (129), and á (160). Typing Alt plus a 3-digit number without a leading zero triggers these OEM codes. Because 3-digit codes require fewer keystrokes, many typists prefer them for frequent letters.
- 4-Digit ANSI Codes (Windows-1252): With the release of Windows, Microsoft implemented the Windows-1252 character set based on international ISO-8859-1 standards, which placed lowercase accented vowels systematically in the 0224 to 0255 range. Typing a leading zero routes the command to this modern ANSI table.
Both codes produce identical Unicode characters on modern systems, so you can freely choose whichever numeric shortcut is easiest to memorize.
Mac Option keys, US-International and mobile input
While Alt codes are reliable on desktop PCs with full keyboards, typing accents on laptops or across long paragraphs can be tedious. If you write in Spanish, French, German, or Portuguese regularly, switching to the US International keyboard layout in Windows settings transforms punctuation keys (like ', `, ~, and ") into dead keys that combine automatically with the following letter. For example, typing ' followed by e produces é.
Mac users do not use numeric codes; instead, holding the Option key activates dead-key accents (Option + e, then e = é). On iPhone and Android smartphones, you can simply long-press any vowel on the touch keyboard to reveal a pop-up menu of accented options. To learn more methods for specific letters, browse our guides on e with accent and a with accent, check our complete accented letters index, read our tutorial on how to type accents, or see the full alt codes chart.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Alt code for accented e (é, è, ê, ë)?
For lowercase é, type Alt + 130 or Alt + 0233; for è, type Alt + 138 or Alt + 0232; for ê, type Alt + 136 or Alt + 0234; and for ë, type Alt + 137 or Alt + 0235.
Why does Alt + 130 produce é while Alt + 0233 also produces é?
Alt + 130 accesses the legacy DOS Code Page 437 character table, while Alt + 0233 accesses the modern Windows-1252 ANSI character table. Windows supports both formats for backward compatibility.
How can I type accented letters on a Mac without Alt codes?
On a Mac, hold down the Option key and type an accent trigger key, then type the vowel: Option + e followed by e produces é; Option + ` followed by a produces à; and Option + n followed by n produces ñ.
Is there an easier way to type foreign language accents on Windows?
Yes. Installing the "US-International" keyboard layout in Windows Settings lets you type accents using dead keys (e.g., ' + c = ç, ' + e = é, ~ + n = ñ) without using the numeric keypad.