How To Use Emojis On Windows 10

Color emojis are supported natively on Windows. This is how to enable the built-in emoji keyboard using Windows 10. No additional apps are required.

Windows 8? See the instructions here.

This video tutorial was generated using Windows 10 Creators Update but the same steps apply to all versions of Windows 10:

If you prefer a step-by-step guide, this is how to use the emoji keyboard built into Windows 10:

1. Click or tap the touch keyboard icon in the lower-right corner of the task-bar:

2. The on-screen keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen.

3. Tap or Click the emoji smiley-face icon:

4. The emoji keyboard replaces the alphabetical keyboard:

5. Tap or click any emoji to insert into the current text field. These might appear in black and white.

6. The left and right arrows can be used to see more emojis in the same category

7. Use the category buttons at the bottom to switch between emoji categories. From right-left, these are:

The last section is for text-based emoticons such as :-) and :-(

This is how each section appears in Windows 10 Creators Update.

People and Animals:

Celebrations:

Food and Drink:

Travel:

Hearts and Symbols:

Skin Tone Emojis on Windows 10

Windows 10 supports emoji modifiers for skin tones. These can be accessed by toggling the skin tone control in the bottom-right corner.

This control only works when on the People tab of the emoji keyboard. To change the skin tone of the emojis on the Windows 10 emoji keyboard follow these steps:

1. Tap or click the skin tones button

2. Choose a new skin tone

3. Every emoji with support for skin tones now shows with this tone

To change the skin tones back, follow the same steps. Your choice here will be remembered.

New Emojis on Windows 10

Windows 10 Creators Update added lots of new emojis but these don’t appear on the emoji keyboard.

Emojis that don’t show on the keyboard include diverse couples, mixed race families, male and female versions of each emoji, and the new jobs / professions.

To use these emojis you have to copy and paste. You can do this from getemoji.com or by searching Emojipedia.

Step by step guide to browsing emojis on Windows 10 Creators Update using Edge browser. This is showing getemoji.com in Edge. It also works in any other browser: 

When using getemoji.com, select the emoji or emojis to use; then copy and paste into your app or website of choice.

Alternatively, visit Emojipedia:

Enter a search term:

Results will show all matching emojis. Tap or click a choice:

Emoji details will show how this looks on each platform:

A Copy button is shown up the top. Tap or click this to copy the emoji. You can then paste it anywhere:

No matter whether using the Windows emoji keyboard, getemoji.com, Emojipedia or any other resource - these emojis can be used on Twitter, Facebook, HootSuite, TweetDeck, HipChat, Buffer, Google Docs, or any other software that supports emoji.

Some websites or apps show black and white emojis. When sent to a user on a different platform, these will show in color as intended.

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