Use for questions about the visual representations, static or otherwise, of emotions or concepts (eg small images of stylised chili pepper on a menu to represent the ‘heat’ of a curry) and for questions about emoticons (textual representations of facial expressions, eg a Smiley :-) ) and for goomojis (Google’s version) and kaomoji (‘upright’ emoticons) and bitmoji (personalised emoji). Do not normally use tag [special-characters] in addition.
Questions tagged [emoji]
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How to filter messages with animated emoji in the subject in Gmail?
I was trawling through my spam folder (which I rarely do, because Gmail rarely has false positives) and I noticed something interesting:
Something like over half of the messages have at least one animated emoji in the subject.
None of my friends…
ale
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Google Slides displays emoji in Black & White
I am using emoji in a slide show. However, when I play the slideshow, the emoji show up in Black & White.
Any idea how to fix this?
I know I can download the show as a .pptx file but I also want to include some YouTube videos which is why I need to…
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Disable a single (or small number of) emoji in Slack
How do we remove the middle finger emoji from Slack's symbol set for our team?
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Exporting to PDF from Google Sheets removes emoji
I have designed a schedule in Google Sheets that uses emoji to indicate the character of each days activities. They display perfectly in Google Sheets. I want to physically print the sheet but when I try to export to PDF they disappear leaving…
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How to prevent Gmail from transforming Unicode characters to emojis?
I'm trying to create an email signature in which I'd use the Unicode character 📞 as the 'phone icon. However, Gmail is transforming it into a huge image upon send, and I can't do anything about it.
Original:
Transformed:
Transformation also happens…
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Can a Slackbot create emoji?
The only emoji command I can find is https://api.slack.com/methods/emoji.list
Is there a way to programatically create custom emoji? Or is the only way via manual process - https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/206870177-Creating-custom-emoji
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How can I turn off or hide animated emoji icons in subject lines in Gmail?
Recently I've been receiving spam and commercial emails that include special unicode characters in the subject line that display as tiny animated icons in the Gmail web app.
This post on Stack Overflow explains what they are and how they work.
I…
Robert
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How do you turn off email icons in Gmail?
I received one actual Google message and at least three spam emails today which displayed an icon of some sort in the subject title. I cannot find an option to turn off this visual noise; some of the icons are even animated!
Heading only:
Gmail…
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How do I prevent my custom Slack emojis from shrinking when uploaded?
I am trying to upload this image to Slack's custom emoji feature:
When I go to upload this image as a custom Slack emoji, the image becomes shrunk and surrounded with a dark background, making the image hard to see.
I've tried many things,…
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What emoji characters are supported in Jira's Quick Filters?
I notice that when I create a Quick Filter with some emoji (e.g. ☺️) it saves, but when I try others (e.g. ) it doesn't save.
Which emoji characters does Jira support in the Quick Filters?
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Exporting Telegram chat histories with emojis and images
I would like to export my chat histories from Telegram.
Their support wiki article describes how to do it by printing from web.telegram.org loaded in Google Chrome. However, this is undesirable for a few reasons:
You have to load a whole chat…
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Is Facebook actively blocking emojis?
When I post all emojis that are available in OSX Mountain Lion on Google+, I get this (Safari screenshot):
When I do exactly the same on Facebook I get this (Safari screenshot):
Is it possible that due to some technical limitation most elements of…
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When one of my Slack messages receives an emoji reaction, where can I see when the emoji reaction was sent?
My Slack messages sometime receive emoji reactions. When one of my Slack messages receives an emoji reaction, where can I see when the emoji reaction was sent?
Example of emoji reaction:
Mouse over doesn't show any timestamps:
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How do I stop Gmail from turning my Unicode emojis into image emojis?
For some reason, whenever I type emojis from the keyboard, it turns them into image emojis. Here are some examples:
This is the original combo of emojis:
...and this is the result of sending or saving the draft:
This is the original emoji:
...and…
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Add emojis to Slack in bulk
I feel expressively restricted by the emojis that come with slack by default. I want to :party_parrot: and :table_flip: - I want to live!
But I do not want to add custom emojis one by one. How do I add whole bundles to my slack channel?
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