Emojis are a great way to add spice to your texts and messages.
It breaks the monotonous tone of most messages and can convey emotions much better.
If you do not know how to get emojis on your desktop, then you are not alone.
I also did not know how to launch the emojis option.
I have brought you the different ways on how to do this.
Read the full article to know how to get emojis on a desktop PC.
So, written below you will find the methods for opening the emojis menu for the platforms mentioned earlier.
On Windows, it is very simple to bring up the emojis menu.
you should probably press the Start menu button and .
button at the same time.
The list of available emojis will be displayed to you.
snag the one you want to use and it will be used in the text field of your choice.
Here are the ways you’re free to use emojis on desktop:
1.
You just need to use a keyboard shortcut.
The steps on how to kick off the emojis menu on Windows are given below.
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For Mac
Other than Windows, macOS is another popular platform used by desktop users.
Just like windows, it is very easy to pull up the emojis menu on macOS.
If you want to know how to use emojis on other platforms, read the rest of the article.
For Linux
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and above supports the use of emojis from the start.
It is a reasonably simple process consisting of a couple of straightforward steps.
How to add emoticons to my keyboard?
Emoticons are more primitive versions of emojis.
Instead of an icon or a small drawing, emoticons are typed by using symbols available on your keyboard.
In other words, emoticons are like shortcuts for emojis in popular social media apps.
So knowing a few emoticons will always be helpful for you.
OnWindows, it is straightforward to use emoticons.
hit any text field and press theWindowsand.keys at the same time.
You will see a menu will pop up.
Select your desired emoji from that menu.
Reopen the emoji menu by using the keyboard shortcut and try using the emoji again.
The other desktop platform where you would like to use emoticons is most probablymacOS.
Like Windows, using emoticons onmacOSwill result in emojis being displayed on popular social media apps.
Similar to Windows, there is akeyboard shortcutonMacas well.
Press theControl, Command, and Spacebarkeys at the same time to initiate the emoji menu.
After that, choose the emoji you want to use.
OnAndroid, the emojis are part of the keyboard that you use.
Press on the smiley face icon on your keyboard.
You will see all the emojis that are available on your Android rig.
The most used emojis will be displayed at first to you.
OniOS, the emojis are included with the default keyboard, so it is very easy to access emojis.
Open your keyboard and tap on the smiley face icon.
A list of the available emojis will be displayed to you.
Tap on the emoji you want to use and it should be displayed on the text field.
you gotta download and install additional software to use emojis easily.
I hope this article was helpful to you and that you are now using emojis blazingly fast.
