Questions tagged [emoji]
Japanese for emoticon - a picture character similar to smiley which is commonly used in text messaging and chat. Emoji support has been added to version 6.1 of Unicode and allows for glyphs such as 😄, 🐱, 🎈, 🏠 and 📶. Some typography engines will even render these as color graphics.
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Prevent Microsoft Word automatically applying Apple Color Emoji font substitutions
I'm on macOS Ventura 13.6.7 using Microsoft Word 16.87. When I try to paste in a unicode character like ☑ ("Ballot Box with Check"), Word automatically chooses "Apple Color Emoji" ...
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Summoning Emoji menu for Google Voice: MacOS Safari
Context: MacOS Ventura: Intel CPU. => Safari pointed to Google Voice for sending text messages.
Question: The Google Voice iPhone app's keyboard has a key to provide access to emojis. Is there a ...
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Is it possible to export Animoji to a file and preserve the transparent, alpha layer background?
I've created a Animoji (video version of an emoji) on my iPhone and I noticed that it appears to have a transparent, alpha background. I would like to save this Animoji with its transparent background ...
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Pink heart emoji not showing on Monterey
The pink heart emoji doesn't render on my iMac with Monterey.
This emoji was introduced in Unicode 15.0 in 2022, which is after the initial release of Monterey (October 25, 2021).
Can I update the ...
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How to make the keyboard show emoji in the word prediction area?
On iPhone 7, when I type an emoji's name, it would show up in the word prediction bar above the keyboard.
On iPhone 12, this doesn't happen by default. How can I force it to happen? It's so useful and ...
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How do I turn off MacOS Sonoma's emoji guessing?
Before Sonoma, pressing Ctrl+⌘+Space would bring up the emoji Input Method Editor
But now, depending on the context, MacOS Sonoma will bring up a different editor. For example, if I type 'interesting ...
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How can I disable emoji auto-replacement?
I've recently upgraded to macOS Sonoma 14.0. Something that's driving me mad is this new emoji auto-replace suggestion menu.
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Here's the message I'm trying to compose:
Happy birthday to our ...
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Entering emoji on Mac with keyboard only
I know that there is a keyboard shortcut to bring up the special characters and emoji dialog. (On my Mac you just press the function key once, but I think by default it's ctrl-cmd-space.)
However, you ...
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Strange characters appeared while writing a message on iOS
I was writing a message on AirBnB(iOS app) and quickly pressed the thumbs up(at least I think) and smiley face(U+1F60A) emoji
But instead got this output on the text box:
Looks like letter 'A' in a ...
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Why does Apple continually ask my preferred emoji skin tone?
I have never in my life ever chosen any alternate skin tone for emojis beyond the default yellow. But for unknown reasons, Apple asks anew seemingly every month on macOS and iOS if I wouldn’t rather ...
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How to disable emoji shortcut in all apps [duplicate]
I wanna off emojis which open by shortcut (usually this is control+option+space) in all of my apps.
Sometimes this open by others hotkeys at the wrong time and i wanna off this.
There may be a ...
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External keyboard’s globe 🌐 (fn) key doesn't open emoji picker in clamshell mode
In the Keyboard settings of my MacBook, I have selected "Press 🌐 (globe) to Show Emoji & Symbols":
While this works fine on the internal keyboard, pressing fn 🌐 on an external Magic ...
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ctrl+e followed by another character inserts ♑ character
When using Chrome, and only in some text boxes, the ♑ character (Capricorn, U+2651) gets inserted after using the ctrl+e shortcut to move the cursor to the end of the line.
How can I disable this ...
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Open URL Containing Emoji Using AppleScript
This AppleScript creates a new email in my default mailer, but the balloon emoji (“🎈”) in the subject is converted to the question mark character (“?”).
set theURL to "mailto:<Wile.E.Coyote@...
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Safari's favorites bar - getting images instead of text labels, especially via emojis
The Safari favorites bar seems to allow only text labels on the favorites bar. I would like to replace those with something like a favicon. This is apparently not directly supported at this time.
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Firefox shows wrong Emojis for some reason
Firefox shows the wrong emojis, but only on the page. In the source code, the correct emojis are shown (see screenshot).
This problem only affects Firefox, no other browser or app is affected. So it ...
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Can't paste Emojis when using Ukelele custom keyboard
Using Ukelele I generated a Windows QWERTY layout which I'm used to coz I'm switching between Windows and macOS. Here's the layout for inspection if necessary: https://www.dropbox.com/s/...
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Are emoji color preferences stored somewhere on MacOS?
So I want to programmatically detect which color I used last for an emoji, e. g. if I used the 👌 emoji with the darkest skin tone (👌🏿) last, is there a place where that information is stored?
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Is there a way to change emoji colors on MacOS?
So let's say I want to type emojis in a different color then yellow on MacOS. Is there any way to do it?
Just for clarification, I'm using the Press Fn key to Show Emoji & Symbols in the keyboard ...
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Searching for emoji and symbols
I've recently upgraded my macos from a very old version to Catalina.
In the old days, if I wanted to enter a special character such as a mathematical symbol, I would hit ctrl-CMD-space to bring up the ...
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How do I prevent the Fn key from showing the Character Viewer in MacOS Big Sur?
I have a Magic Keyboard with an Fn key in the bottom right corner. Every-time I press it a floating Character Window with emoji shows up. How do I prevent that?
Mac OS Big Sur: 11.2.3 (20D91)
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Typing option+s results in surprise emoji (😮) instead of eszett (ß)
Up until a few days ago typing option+s resulted in the German eszett (ß). Currently typing option+s results in the insertion of the surprise emoji (😮). If I bring up the Keyboard Viewer and press ...
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After updating the emoji font in an older macOS, is there a way to visually find and insert newer emoji that the system emoji picker doesn't support?
I just updated the emoji font on my macOS 10.14.6 system using the method detailed in this answer.
This seems to have worked great in that I can now view newer emojis that people send me, or that ...
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Decoding DAT files in System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreEmoji.framework on Big Sur
On previous macOS such as Mojave and Catalina, the mappings between emoji unicodes and associated keywords were available to view in files like CharacterPicker and FindReplace in .plists or .strings ...
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How do I make the emoji keyboard pop up faster
I am typing something in a text field
press ctrl+cmd+Space to show the emoji selector
type an emoji name
click the emoji I want
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But the computer delay between (2) and (3) is way too long, and the ...
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Can I update my emoji set without updating my operating system?
I'm on OS 10.12, and because of some legacy software I'm running, I can't upgrade. I have access to most emoji, but some of the newer icons, like 🥰, display as blank (e.g. in Messages) or as a box ...
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Why are emojis replacing website icons in safari?
I have a iPhone 8 and I noticed a few months ago that when I go on certain websites such as ESPN, specific symbols such as the recruit rating stars has been replaced by random Emojis. I’m not sure why ...
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Does Frequently used Memoji History reset If not used
This is a very important topic for me. The love of my life saw frequently used Memoji on my phone that she questioned. I don’t blame her, I would have asked also. my question is how long do “...
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Terminal MacOS emoji support
I was just wondering if anyone knows the emoji support that the Terminal.app has in MacOS? I'm using zsh, and I end up with this when I type it out, I get the following (note I didn't add a space ...
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Why is my Mac emoji on-screen keyboard appearing scrolled to the middle of the emoji list?
When I open the Mac emoji keyboard via ctrl+cmd+space, it usually opens scrolled to a particular place in the middle of the emoji list, rather than the top. This is annoying!
This has been happening ...
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How do you disable or speed up the character/emoji keyboard animation?
Context: By default on macOS, you can press cmd + control + space to bring up the character keyboard (more commonly known as the emoji keyboard). Before the keyboard pops up, there is a short delay ...
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Emojis not rendering
My genuine MacOS is not showing emojis. They look just like this:
None of the following solutions worked for me:
Creating a new user account
Restoring Standard Fonts in Font Book
Booting in Safe ...
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Hide frequently used Memojis from Emoji keyboard in iOS 13
I just upgraded my iPhone to iOS 13 and I noticed that, while composing a message, when switching to the "Emoji" keyboard (that now can be accessed through an apposite button), it shows, on the very ...
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Big emojis in built-in messages app on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6
Is there any way to show big emojis when sending 3 or fewer emojis in built-in messages app on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6, like on iOS 12 and macOS Sierra and higher ?
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Is it possible to update macOS's emoji keyboard (to use all emojis)
Following this question, I have obtained and installed macOS Mojave's Apple Color Emoji.ttc on macOS Sierra. While I can now see these emojis if I'm texted them, they don't show up on my emoji ...
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How to enable search when using Emoji keyboard on iPhone?
I would like to search for Emojis using text when using an Emoji keyboard on iPhone. I have seen some people using this (also, I guess WhatsApp keyboard supports it?), and was wondering how to enable ...
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How to close the emoji palette using the keyboard shortcut?
I know that there is a keyboard shortcut that lets you open the emoji palette while you are typing, but I could not find any shortcut that lets you close the palette.
So right now, whenever I finish ...
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How to remove emoji autocomplete suggestions?
I would prefer to not have emoji's suggested. Is it possible to remove emoji's from the autocomplete suggestions on macOS? If so how?
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Can you edit the keywords for the emoji picker in Mojave?
TL;DR: Is there any way to edit the keywords for the emojis that show up in the character picker?
In the emoji-picker on Mojave (10.14.3) the keywords for filtering/selecting emoji via Cmd+Ctrl+Space ...
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Emojis appear on some parts of apps but show as question mark in other parts
For example, on Messages.app, the sidebar with recent contact list displays Emojis but the message pane does not:
In Safari, some Emojis appear on sites but not other sites. Furthermore, on sites ...
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How to prevent iOS from styling an emoji?
Look at these characters: 💬💬︎🌄🌄︎
Depending on your device, they'll look like this (a Windows screenshot of a Facebook comment):
Notice how the 2nd and 4th emojis are flat rather than ...
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Change emoji font to the Windows style
Is it possible to change the way Mac OS Mojave renders emoji from the Mac versions to the Windows versions? I prefer the darker, more vibrant Windows emoji.
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Set default skin tone for all Emojis in Emoji keyboard in iOS 11?
It appears that it is only possible to change each Emoji’s skin tone individually by tapping and holding on the Emoji key and selecting another skin tone in the pop-up menu.
Is it possible to set a ...
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Why does ‘freedom’ return the french fries 🍟 emoji?
In my emoji picker when I enter freedom I see some french fries.
Why is that?
Practical example:
So if I want to write something like the following:
People of the world appreciate what you're ...
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Emoji search in non-iMessage apps
I have English and emoji keyboards enabled.
In iMessage, I can just type "serbia" and I get the emoji for the Serbian flag. However, in Signal, when I type Serbia, I just get Serbia and Serbian as ...
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Activate Emoji & Symbols and Character Viewer independently
Sometimes when editing text, I want to use the Emoji & Symbols viewer to quickly type a symbol. Other times, I want to open the full Character Viewer window. Unfortunately, there only seems to be ...
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My emoji in Google Hangouts flip-flops on my MacBook, why?
A few days after I asked my (now closed) question Is region-specific blocking built-in to MacOS more extensive than a few emoji? the emoji shown in Google Hangouts in the Chrome browser on my MacBook ...
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Emoji Keyboard not inserting emoji after pressing Enter
After opening the emoji keyboard with Ctrl + Cmd + Space, selecting an emoji and finally hitting enter, the emoji keyboard closes but nothing is inserted at my cursor.
A restart seems to fix this, ...
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Keyboard and Emoji Viewer menu vs. Input menu?
I'm using macOS High Sierra (10.13.6) on a MacBook Pro 15. In the Keyboard Preferences pane, I have "Show keyboard and emoji viewers in menu bar" option in the "Keyboard" tab turned on:
Sure enough, ...
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Display emoji faces for correct & wrong commands in terminals
I want to customize my terminal to display emoji faces, showing sad face for wrong command and happy face for right command that I enter. Is there any way that I can do this using my terminal bash.
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