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Emoji reactions

Emoji reactions let you quickly respond to a message. For example, 👍 is commonly used to express agreement or confirm that you've read the message. Any emoji can be used as a reaction, including custom emoji. Reactions appear at the bottom of the message.

Add a new reaction

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Hover over a message to reveal three icons on the right.

  2. Click the smiley face () icon.

    For messages that you've sent, click on the ellipsis () and then Add emoji reaction.

  3. Select an emoji. Type to search, use the arrow keys, or click on an emoji with your mouse.

To add multiple reactions without closing the emoji picker, hold the Shift key while selecting emoji.

You can react to the selected message with 👍 by using the + shortcut.

  1. Press and hold a message until the long-press menu appears.

  2. Tap Add a reaction.

  3. Start typing the name of the emoji you want to use, and select an emoji from the list of suggestions.

Add or remove an existing reaction

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Click on an existing emoji reaction to add or remove your reaction.

To make it easy to see which reactions you have added, they are highlighted in a different color.

You can also toggle the first emoji reaction on the selected message by using the = shortcut.

  1. Tap on an existing emoji reaction to add or remove your reaction.

To make it easy to see which reactions you have added, they are highlighted in a different color.

Viewing who reacted to a message

For messages where few users have reacted, the names of users who have reacted are displayed directly on the message if the option to do so is enabled.

View who reacted to a message

  • Desktop/Web
  • Mobile

  1. Hover over an emoji reaction to see who reacted with that emoji.

  1. Press and hold a message until the long-press menu appears.

  2. Tap See who reacted.

You can also long-press an existing emoji reaction to see who reacted with that emoji.

Toggle whether names of reacting users are displayed

  • Instructions for all platforms

  1. Go to Preferences.

  2. Under Emoji, toggle Display names of reacting users when few users have reacted to a message.

View your messages with reactions

To see how others have responded to your messages, you can view all your messages which have received at least one reaction.

  • Desktop/Web

  1. Click on Reactions in the left sidebar. If the views section is collapsed, click on the ellipsis (), and select Reactions.

  2. Browse your reactions. You can click on a message recipient bar to go to the conversation where you sent the message.

You can also search all messages with reactions using the has:reaction filter.

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