Cross mark or X mark (✘,☒,⨂) symbol in LaTeX

In LaTeX, there is a default command $\times$ to get an X-mark or cross-mark symbol in the document. But this command works only in math mode. Generally, this command can be used for cross product.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}

  $$ \verb|\times| \rightarrow \times $$
  $$ \vec{a} \times \vec{b} $$
  $$ 2 \times 2 = 4 $$
  $$ 1 + 1 = 3 \; \times $$
  $$ 1 + 1 = 2 \; \checkmark $$
  
\end{document}

Output:

cross mark symbol.

Other styles of X mark symbol

Multiple packages provide commands to get different styles of cross-mark symbols in LaTeX. I listed all.

Package Command Output
bbding \XSolid \XSolid
bbding \XSolidBold \XSolidBold
pifont \ding{53} \ding{53}
pifont \ding{55} \ding{55}
pifont \ding{54} \ding{54}
pifont \ding{56} \ding{56}
arev $\ballotx$ \ballotx
utfsym \usym{2718} \usym{2718}
utfsym \usym{2715} \usym{2715}
utfsym \usym{2613} \usym{2613}
utfsym \usym{2717} \usym{2717}
fontawesome \faTimes \faTimes

X-Box or crossed box symbol in LaTeX

For the x-box or crossed-box symbol, we have different packages for different styles. Follow the table given below.

Package Command Output
wasysym \XBox \XBox
marvosym \CrossedBox \CrossedBox
utfsym \usym{2612} \usym{2612}
utfsym \usym{1F5F5} \usym{1F5F5}
fontawesome \faTimesCircle \faTimesCircle
fontawesome \faTimesCircleO \faTimesCircleO

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