diff --git a/e2e/auto-lock.test.ts b/e2e/auto-lock.test.ts
index 2e49897..4b560f4 100644
--- a/e2e/auto-lock.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/auto-lock.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test('a tab left hidden locks the embedded database on its own', async () => {
   await otherTab.close();
   assert.equal(
     await page.title(),
-    `🔒 ${basename(fixture.path)} - Locked - KeePass Web - Local file`,
+    `${basename(fixture.path)} - Locked - KeePass Web - Local file`,
     'and the tab bar shows it locked, without being opened',
   );
 });
diff --git a/e2e/tab-title.test.ts b/e2e/tab-title.test.ts
index f97ab6c..62d1f4e 100644
--- a/e2e/tab-title.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/tab-title.test.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('the tab names the open database and tracks its lock state', async () => {
   const iframeFrame = await iframeElement.contentFrame();
   assert.ok(iframeFrame, 'the iframe has a content frame');
 
-  await waitForTitle(`🔒 ${filename} - Locked - ${BASE_TITLE}`);
+  await waitForTitle(`${filename} - Locked - ${BASE_TITLE}`);
   const lockedIcon = await tabIcon();
   assert.notEqual(lockedIcon, pageIcon, 'a held database is not the page at rest');
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test('the tab names the open database and tracks its lock state', async () => {
   await iframeFrame.click('#unlock-btn');
 
   await iframeFrame.waitForSelector('.entry-table');
-  await waitForTitle(`🔓 ${filename} - Unlocked - ${BASE_TITLE}`);
+  await waitForTitle(`${filename} - Unlocked - ${BASE_TITLE}`);
   const unlockedIcon = await tabIcon();
   assert.notEqual(unlockedIcon, lockedIcon, 'and the two states do not share an icon');
 
diff --git a/pages/shared/logic.ts b/pages/shared/logic.ts
index 4ca216c..188a4ef 100644
--- a/pages/shared/logic.ts
+++ b/pages/shared/logic.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ const LOCKED_ICON =
 const UNLOCKED_ICON =
   "data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3E%3Crect width='16' height='16' rx='3.4' fill='%238a5a1e'/%3E%3Crect x='3.7' y='4.4' width='8.6' height='1.9' rx='.95' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3Crect x='3.7' y='7.05' width='8.6' height='1.9' rx='.95' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3Crect x='3.7' y='9.7' width='8.6' height='1.9' rx='.95' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3C/svg%3E";
 
-/** The tab's name. It spells the state out as well as showing it, because 🔒
-and 🔓 are as hard to tell apart in a title as they are in a tab (#73). */
+/** The tab's name. The state is named in words and not repeated as a glyph:
+the icon beside it already carries it as a picture, and the padlock emoji says
+the same thing a second time in the form that reads least well (#73). */
 export function tabTitle(baseTitle: string, filename: string, locked: boolean): string {
   if (!filename) return baseTitle;
-  return `${locked ? '🔒' : '🔓'} ${filename} - ${locked ? 'Locked' : 'Unlocked'} - ${baseTitle}`;
+  return `${filename} - ${locked ? 'Locked' : 'Unlocked'} - ${baseTitle}`;
 }
 
 /** Name the tab and mark it with the database's state; no filename means no
diff --git a/pages/tests/0x67-page.test.ts b/pages/tests/0x67-page.test.ts
index 11fd0f5..54f4e42 100644
--- a/pages/tests/0x67-page.test.ts
+++ b/pages/tests/0x67-page.test.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ test('0x67 app', async (t) => {
 
     await waitFor(() => q('#master-password') !== null);
     assert.equal(q<HTMLElement>('#db-filename').textContent, 'dropped.kdbx');
-    assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, '🔒 dropped.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
+    assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, 'dropped.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
   });
 
   await t.test('unlock screen "back" returns to upload and clears the file', () => {
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ test('0x67 app', async (t) => {
 
     await waitFor(() => dom.window.document.body.classList.contains('app-mode'));
     assert.ok(q('#group-tree').querySelector('.group-btn'));
-    assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, '🔓 real.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web');
+    assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, 'real.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web');
     // Table view is the default.
     assert.equal(root().querySelectorAll('.entry-table').length, 1);
     // Switch to tile view, which the rest of this suite's entry-list
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ test('0x67 app', async (t) => {
       assert.equal(lockDlg.open, false);
       await waitFor(() => q('#master-password') !== null);
       assert.equal(q<HTMLElement>('#db-filename').textContent, 'real.kdbx');
-      assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, '🔒 real.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
+      assert.equal(dom.window.document.title, 'real.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
 
       // A wrong password on the relocked (freshly re-encrypted) state is
       // still rejected — locking doesn't weaken the credential check.
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ test('a tab left hidden locks itself, and coming back in time calls it off', asy
   assert.equal(q<HTMLElement>('#db-filename').textContent, 'auto-lock.kdbx');
   assert.equal(
     dom.window.document.title,
-    '🔒 auto-lock.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web',
+    'auto-lock.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web',
     'the tab bar says so without being opened',
   );
 
diff --git a/pages/tests/cloud-google-drive-page.test.ts b/pages/tests/cloud-google-drive-page.test.ts
index 539140e..d997ca6 100644
--- a/pages/tests/cloud-google-drive-page.test.ts
+++ b/pages/tests/cloud-google-drive-page.test.ts
@@ -392,10 +392,10 @@ test('Google Drive connector', async (t) => {
 
   await t.test('kw-title names the open database in the tab', () => {
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: 'vault.kdbx', locked: true }, { source: frameWin });
-    assert.equal(doc.title, '🔒 vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web - Google Drive');
+    assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web - Google Drive');
 
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: 'vault.kdbx', locked: false }, { source: frameWin });
-    assert.equal(doc.title, '🔓 vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web - Google Drive');
+    assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web - Google Drive');
 
     // An app with nothing open reports no filename, leaving this page's own title.
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: '', locked: true }, { source: frameWin });
diff --git a/pages/tests/local-page.test.ts b/pages/tests/local-page.test.ts
index 7c2766a..c7e7f23 100644
--- a/pages/tests/local-page.test.ts
+++ b/pages/tests/local-page.test.ts
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ test('local file connector', async (t) => {
 
   await t.test('kw-title names the open database in the tab', () => {
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: 'vault.kdbx', locked: true }, { source: frameWin });
-    assert.equal(doc.title, '🔒 vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web - Local file');
+    assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web - Local file');
 
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: 'vault.kdbx', locked: false }, { source: frameWin });
-    assert.equal(doc.title, '🔓 vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web - Local file');
+    assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web - Local file');
 
     // An app with nothing open reports no filename, leaving this page's own title.
     sendMessage({ type: 'kw-title', filename: '', locked: true }, { source: frameWin });
diff --git a/pages/tests/shared-logic.test.ts b/pages/tests/shared-logic.test.ts
index 56ffa8f..53ff2c0 100644
--- a/pages/tests/shared-logic.test.ts
+++ b/pages/tests/shared-logic.test.ts
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ const iconHref = (doc: Document): string =>
   doc.querySelector('link[rel="icon"]')?.getAttribute('href') ?? '';
 
 test('the title names the database and spells its state out', () => {
-  assert.equal(tabTitle('KeePass Web', 'vault.kdbx', true), '🔒 vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
-  assert.equal(
-    tabTitle('KeePass Web', 'vault.kdbx', false),
-    '🔓 vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web',
-  );
+  assert.equal(tabTitle('KeePass Web', 'vault.kdbx', true), 'vault.kdbx - Locked - KeePass Web');
+  assert.equal(tabTitle('KeePass Web', 'vault.kdbx', false), 'vault.kdbx - Unlocked - KeePass Web');
+});
+
+test('the title never repeats the state as a padlock glyph', () => {
+  for (const locked of [true, false]) {
+    const title = tabTitle('KeePass Web', 'vault.kdbx', locked);
+    assert.ok(!title.includes('\u{1F512}') && !title.includes('\u{1F513}'), title);
+  }
 });
 
 test('no database means the page keeps its own name', () => {
@@ -41,12 +45,12 @@ test('the icon tracks the lock state and hands the page its own back', () => {
 
   applyTabState(doc, 'Base', 'vault.kdbx', true);
   const locked = iconHref(doc);
-  assert.equal(doc.title, '🔒 vault.kdbx - Locked - Base');
+  assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Locked - Base');
   assert.notEqual(locked, PAGE_ICON, 'a held database is not the page at rest');
 
   applyTabState(doc, 'Base', 'vault.kdbx', false);
   const unlocked = iconHref(doc);
-  assert.equal(doc.title, '🔓 vault.kdbx - Unlocked - Base');
+  assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Unlocked - Base');
   assert.notEqual(unlocked, locked, 'and the two states are not the same icon');
 
   // Hue and glyph are what carry at 16px, so the two must differ in both.
@@ -72,6 +76,6 @@ test('a page whose icon link carries no href still gets one back', () => {
 test('a page with no icon link is titled anyway, not crashed', () => {
   const doc = pageDocument(false);
   applyTabState(doc, 'Base', 'vault.kdbx', true);
-  assert.equal(doc.title, '🔒 vault.kdbx - Locked - Base');
+  assert.equal(doc.title, 'vault.kdbx - Locked - Base');
   assert.equal(doc.querySelector('link[rel="icon"]'), null);
 });