Slack supports both regular Unicode character entries for emoji, as well as short emoji codes which are converted into an emoji image when posted.
Users of iOS and macOS see Apple emoji design in Slack. All other platforms display emojis in Slack using designs from Google's Noto Color Emoji. This includes users on Windows, Linux, and Android.
As of January 2021 Slack supports codes for Emoji 12.0 and above. Designs on non-Apple platforms switched to the latest Google graphics, which means some existing emojis have a new appearance, including checkmarks.
A feature permitting choice of emoji design was discontinued in February 2018.
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Emoji Short Codes
Slack permits a set of :shortcodes: to enter emojis on the platform. Typing an emoji short code such as :sparkles: inserts the ✨ Sparkles emoji.
This is stored in plain text, so copying-and-pasting a block of text which includes emojis added via shortcode will display the :shortcode: instead of the emoji character. Emoji shortcodes on Slack are derived from this repository, and do not necessarily match the same codes used on platforms such as Github. More about Emoji Shortcodes.
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Emoji Reactions
In addition to regular emoji use, reactions are also available. This allows any emoji to be chosen as a response to a message. Reactions are tallied if multiple users apply the same emojis.
Slack Emoticon Codes
The following codes convert emoticons into emoji images on Slack.
Remote Work Emoji Set
A custom set of remote work emojis from Jen Lewis is available for Slack as of June 2020.
“The images range from socially distanced high fives to heads-down work and family time. There’s even one about your cat’s love for your keyboard.”
Emoji Meaning
A yellow face with a big grin, uplifted eyebrows, and smiling eyes, each shedding a tear from laughing so hard. Widely used to show something is funny or pleasing. Named the Oxford Dictionaries 2015 Word of the Year, and the most used emoji on all platforms from 2011-2021.
See also: 🤣 Rolling on the Floor Laughing which expresses more intense laughter; or cat variant: 😹 Cat Face With Tears of Joy.
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Face with Tears of Joy was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
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Also Known As
- 😂 Laughing
- 😂 Laughing Crying
- 😂 Laughing Tears
- 😂 LOL
Apple Name
Slack Face Meaning
😂 Face with Tears of Joy
Codepoints
Shortcodes
- :joy:(Github, Slack)
- :face_with_tears_of_joy:(Emojipedia)
See also
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Proposals
Slack Faces
- 😂 Face with Tears of Joy Emoji Proposal:L2/07-257,L2/09-026