To type the backslash symbol on your keyboard, press and hold the Alt key and type the Backslash alt code which is 92 on the numeric keypad, then release the alt key.

How do you do a backward slash?

On English PC and Mac keyboards, the backslash key is also the pipe key. It is located above the Enter key (Return key), and below the Backspace key. Pressing \ key creates a backslash.

When would you use a backwards slash?

Outside quoted strings, the only common use of backslash is to ignore ("escape") a newline immediately after it. In this context it may be called a "continued line" as the current line continues into the next one.