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Emoji and emoticons
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You can also quickly respond to a message by using [emoji reactions](/help/emoji-reactions).
Use an emoji in your message
Enter an emoji name
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Type
:, followed by a few letters from the emoji name, to see autocomplete suggestions. The letters don't have to be at the beginning of the emoji name. For example,:appwill match both:apple:and:pineapple:. -
Type the full emoji name followed by
:, or select an emoji from the list of suggestions.
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You can hover over an emoji in the emoji picker, a message, or an [emoji
reaction](/help/emoji-reactions) to learn its name.
Select an emoji from the emoji picker
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Click the smiley face () icon at the bottom of the compose box.
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Select an emoji. You can type to search, use the arrow keys, or click on an emoji with your mouse.
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Use an emoticon
You can configure Zulip to convert emoticons into emoji, so that, e.g., :)
will be displayed as
.
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- Under Emoji settings, select Convert emoticons before sending.
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The list of supported emoticons is available here.
Paste an emoji
You can paste an emoji copied from outside of Zulip directly into the compose box.
Examples
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Change your emoji set
Your emoji set determines how you see emoji. It has no effect on the emoji you send. Zulip emoji are compatible with screen readers and other accessibility tools.
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{settings_tab|preferences}
- Under Emoji, select Google, Twitter, Plain text, or Google blobs for the emoji theme.
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!!! warn ""
**Google blobs** is an old style of Google emoji that has not been maintained
by Google since 2017, when they switched to a more modern style. Zulip allows
you to still use blob emoji, but any new emoji that have been released since
2017 will be displayed in the modern **Google** style.