How do I turn off predictive emojis?

How do I turn off the emoji keyboard on my iPhone? I’m sick of emoji popping up and taking up one of the slots in Messages’ predictive text suggestions.

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It’s easy to turn off the emoji keyboard in iOS:

• Open the Settings app.
• Go to General > Keyboard, then tap Keyboards at the top. (It’ll have a number next to it – that’s the number of keyboards you’ve got installed.)
• Tap Edit, then tap the red circle next to Emoji.
• Tap Delete.

You will no longer see the emoji symbol in the standard keyboard in Messages and elsewhere in iOS, and emoji won’t be offered as predictive text suggestions.

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Again, this is done in Settings. Go to Settings > General > Keyboard, then tap Keyboards. Tap Add New Keyboard, and scroll down a bit until you find Emoji. (The list is mostly in alphabetical order – they just put all the English ones at the top. Emoji is down between Dutch and Estonian.) Tap Emoji.

Now the emoji keyboard is back, and you’ll be able to bring it up from the standard keyboard by tapping the little smiley face at the bottom-left. Emoji suggestions will again be offered as predictive text, and (if you’re using Messages in iOS 10) emoji-able words will be highlighted in orange when you tap the emoji button, and will turn into the relevant emoji if you tap them.

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Author: David Price, Editor

David has loved the iPhone since covering the original 2007 launch; later his obsession expanded to include iPad and Apple Watch. He offers advice to owners (and prospective owners) of these devices.

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iOS 10 has been around for a number months at this stage, and yet one issue still seems to be bugging iPhone users. You may have noticed that certain words appear as emoji when using predictive text. If this doesn't sound like your cup of tea fear not, as we have a quick guide on how to turn it off. 

It's important to note that by following these steps, you will no longer have access to the Emoji keyboard. It is possible to enable it again, should you so wish. 

First up, open out your settings and scroll to General.

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From there, tap on Keyboards

Then tap on Keyboards and hit Edit. 

Once highlighted as above, tap on the red toggle. This will remove the Emoji keyboard, meaning you will no longer see it when typing messages, emails or posts on social media. 

Type a word in messages, and predictive text will suggest the emoji that matches that word. Many people don’t want to replace a word, even with emoji as cute or useful as the smiley face, thinking, crying, or tears of joy emoji; they simply want to include the emoji after the word. Luckily, you can add emojis to your messages without opening the emoji keyboard, then avoid replacing the word with a simple tap of the space bar. The emoji will remain in your predictive text suggestions and you can easily select the emoji to appear right after the word for it. I’ll show you what I mean below; here’s how to prevent emojis from replacing words in Messages.

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How to Prevent iPhone Emojis from Replacing Words in the Messages App

We've written several tips about the iPhone emoji keyboard, including emoji meanings, how to find the right emoji, and how to use emoji shortcuts. Now we'll go over how to stop emojis from replacing words in your text messages. First, you need to make sure Predictive text is turned on. If you don’t use Predictive text and you don’t want the option to type a word and get a suggestion for the emoji that matches it, you can also use this tip to turn Predictive text off completely.

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap General.
   
   
   
   
   
    

3. Tap Keyboard.
4. Toggle Predictive to on.
   
   
   
   

How to Stop Emojis from Replacing Words in Text Messages

Now that you've changed your predictive text settings, you can keep emojis from replacing words and, instead, have the suggested emoji appear next to the word. To do this:

1. Open the Messages app. 
2. In the text box of a conversation thread, type the word you want to use. If there is an emoji that goes along with it, it will appear below the text box with the other predictive text.
3. If you type the word and tap the emoji, it will replace the word.
   
   
   
   
   
    

4. If you type the word and tap the space bar, then tap the emoji, it will appear next to the word.
   
   
   
   

Now you can use predictive text to add emojis to your text messages without replacing the words of the text.

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