600+ Skype Emoticons Keyboard Shortcuts

Skype is an instant messaging app from Microsoft. It is popular in corporate companies as Skype for Business and popular for personal use as Skype. You can use the app for multi-purposes like chatting, calling and for sharing content. Similar to any other messengers, Skype also has a built-in emoticons picker tool. However, picking an emoji or emoticon every time is a lengthy task. Here are the 600+ emoticons keyboard shortcuts for Skype to insert smileys and other symbols in the chat window quickly.

Emoticons Keyboard Shortcuts for Skype

Below is a list of 600+ emoticons keyboard shortcuts for Skype. You can copy and paste the text shortcut on the chat message to send to your colleagues and friends. The text shortcut messages will be converted into an animated emoji symbol in the conversation. Use the search box to filter the relevant emojis in the below table. For example type “face” o filter all face related emoji symbols.

How to Use Skype Emoji Shortcuts?

Using Emoji Shortcuts in Skype for Business

It is very easy to use. When you are in the chat window, type or copy / paste the shortcuts and press enter. Ensure to use the text shortcuts within the brackets like (bow). Below is how it will look like on Skype for Business.

Using on Personal Skype App

On Skype for personal app, you can type the shortcuts on the conversation messages. Also, it is easy to filter the results by typing the shortcut in the search box.

The shortcuts produce animated GIF emoji icons on the conversation panel. For example, sending the message like (beer) will show the animated beer emoji icon like below.

Using Emoji Picker in Skype

Skype also has an emoji picker that contains most of these shortcuts. When you are in the chat window, click on the smiley icon to view the emoji picker. You can select any emoji to insert in your conversation. Hover the mouse over any emoticon to find the corresponding keyboard shortcut for that symbol. For example, the hands up yes emoji has a keyboard shortcut like (y).

Getting Reverse Shortcut from Emoji

It is also possible to get the keyboard for any Skype emoji.

• Select the emoticon from emoji picker.
• Copy that and paste on Microsoft Word or PowerPoint document or Outlook email.
• You will get the keyboard shortcut in text format.
• For example, copying and pasting the bear or hug emoji will show you the shortcut text as (hug).

Using Emojis on Skype Mobile Apps

On mobiles, you can easily use the built-in iOS and Android emojis from the keyboard. In addition, you can also tap on the emoji icon on the Skype app to select your favorite emoji. If that is difficult for you then copy and paste the text shortcut from the above table to send emojis in the conversations.

Using Emojis from Windows and Mac

Using Emoji Keyboard in Windows App

The Skype emoji picker offers 110 emoticons in a single panel. If these icons are not sufficient, you can also use Windows 10 emoji keyboard to insert additional symbols in the Skype chat.

• Click inside the text pane in the chat window.
• Press Win and , keys together. Alternatively, press “Win + Semicolon” shortcut keys to open Windows emoji keyboard.
• Search for the symbol and double click to insert in the chat text.

Though this works for most symbols, some symbols will not display properly. For example, you can easily insert heavy tick mark symbol like ✔. However, when you insert a dino cat 🐱‍🐉 emoji, it will be inserted as two symbols like 🐱 cat and 🐉 dragon. Also, emoji symbols inserted with Windows emoji keyboard will not have any text conversion.

Using Emoji Keyboard in Mac App

We recommend to use the animated emojis in Skype Mac app. However, if you are more of a Mac guy then press “Control + Command + Space” to open Character Viewer app. You can search and insert from thousands of emojis and other symbols with variations.