{"id":32464,"date":"2013-02-12T21:37:46","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=32464"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:11:39","slug":"1000-gmail-smileys-emoticons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2013\/02\/1000-gmail-smileys-emoticons\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Gmail Emoji: Insert Smileys and React to Emails (2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to add a \ud83d\ude0a or \u2764\ufe0f to your emails? Gmail has built-in Gmail emoji<\/strong> you can insert while writing, and you can even react to messages with an emoji. When Gmail rolled out more than 1,000 emoticons in its new compose window in 2013, just before Valentine’s Day, it felt overwhelming. Today emoji are standard everywhere, and Gmail makes them easy on the web and in the app. Here’s how.<\/p>\n

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Quick answer:<\/strong> On a computer, open Compose and click the smiley-face Insert emoji<\/strong> icon in the bottom toolbar (you may need to click the three dots first). In the Gmail app, use your phone keyboard’s emoji button. You can also react to an email with an emoji using the smiley icon below a message, or press Win + . (Windows) or Ctrl + Cmd + Space (Mac) to open the system emoji picker.<\/p>\n

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