Emojis a fun way of expressing your opinion. You can easily insert emoji on WhatsApp mobile app. Generally, the mobile app uses the default iPhone or Android keyboard to insert emoji. However, many of us also use WhatsApp on web or use desktop app installed on Mac or Windows computer. Here we will show the how to insert emoji on WhatsApp web and desktop with shortcuts.
Related: 1000+ emoji keyboard shortcuts for Windows PC.
Inserting Emoji in WhatsApp Web and Desktop
Similar to your mobile app, click on the “smiley” icon that shows right side of the text box on the web interface / desktop app. You scroll, navigate to the category or use the search box to quickly find your favorite emoji.
Emoji Shortcuts for WhatsApp Web and Desktop Apps
WhatsApp web interface and desktop apps also allow you to use the keyboard shortcuts to filter the emoji symbols. It simply works by typing : and the name of the emoji. However, remembering the name of thousands of emoji is a difficult task. Here, we have consolidated the popular emoji shortcuts for WhatsApp.
| Shortcut | Emoji |
|---|---|
| :18 | 🔞 |
| :24 | 🏪 |
| :admission ticket | 🎟 |
| :airplane arrival | 🛬 |
| :airplane departure | 🛫 |
| :ambulance | 🚑 |
| :amusementpark | 🎡, 🎢 |
| :asterisk | ✳ |
| :atom | ⚛ |
| :baggage claim | 🛄 |
| :battery | 🔋 |
| :bestest | 💜 |
| :bewhiskered | 🧔🏻 |
| :biohazard | ☣ |
| :blue heart | 💙 |
| :boxing | 🥊 |
| :brain | 🧠 |
| :broccoli | 🥦 |
| :broken | 💔 |
| :canoe | 🛶 |
| :chains | ⛓ |
| :chair | 💺 |
| :checkmark | ✅, ✔ |
| :choo choo | 🚆 |
| :cigarette | 🚬 |
| :circus | 🎪 |
| :closed eyes | 😙 |
| :coaster | 🎢 |
| :coffin | ⚰ |
| :cool button | 🆒 |
| :copter | 🚁 |
| :copyright | © |
| :cross mark | ❎ |
| :crossing | 🚸 |
| :cupid | 💘 |
| :customs | 🛃 |
| :disapproval | 🤨 |
| :distrust | 🤨 |
| :drumsticks | 🥁 |
| :dumpling | 🥟 |
| :explode | 🤯, 💥 |
| :face blowing a kiss | 😘 |
| :faith | 💯 |
| :fencer | 🤺 |
| :ferry | ⛴ |
| :fire engine | 🚒 |
| :free button | 🆓 |
| :fuel pump | ⛽ |
| :funeral | ⚱ |
| :giggle | 🤭 |
| :giraffe | 🦒 |
| :goal | 🥍, 🥅 |
| :green heart | 💚 |
| :guitar | 🎸 |
| :hashtag | #⃣ |
| :heart with arrow | 💘 |
| :heart with ribbon | 💝 |
| :heartbeat | 💓 |
| :heartpulse | 💗 |
| :hedgehog | 🦔 |
| :highway | 🛣 |
| :hugging face | 🤗 |
| :id button | 🆔 |
| :jet | ✈ |
| :judo | 🥋 |
| :knobs | 🎛 |
| :liberty | 🗽 |
| :locomotive | 🚂 |
| :love letter | 💌 |
| :lover | 😘 |
| :mermaid | 🧜 |
| :metro | 🚇 |
| :microphone | 🎤, 🎙 |
| :middle | 🖕 |
| :military | 🎖 |
| :millionaire | 🚤 |
| :minibus | 🚐 |
| :mono | 🚝, 🚈 |
| :mother | 🤶 |
| :motorboat | 🛥 |
| :nail | 💅🏻 |
| :new button | 🆕 |
| :no smoking | 🚭 |
| :oil | 🛢 |
| :paintbrush | 🖌 |
| :parking | 🅿 |
| :passport | 🛂 |
| :peaceful | 😇, ☮ |
| :penguin | 🐧 |
| :piano | 🎹 |
| :pissed | 🤬, 😒 |
| :plug | 🔌 |
| :pretzel | 🥨 |
| :prophecy | 🥠 |
| :radioactive | ☢ |
| :railway track | 🛤 |
| :recycle | ♻ |
| :red heart | ❤ |
| :registered | ® |
| :reminder | 🎗 |
| :revolving hearts | 💞 |
| :rose | 🌹, 🏵 |
| :sailboat | ⛵ |
| :sauropod | 🦕 |
| :sax | 🎷 |
| :scooter | 🛵, 🛴 |
| :shushing face | 🤫 |
| :slider | 🎚 |
| :smiling face with heart | 😍 |
| :sock | 🧦 |
| :sparkling heart | 💖 |
| :spew | 🤮 |
| :spider web | 🕸 |
| :streamer | 🎏 |
| :suspension | 🚟 |
| :t-rex | 🦖 |
| :tent | 🎪, ⛺ |
| :thinking face | 🤔 |
| :thx | 🙏 |
| :tichel | 🧕 |
| :titanic | 🚢 |
| :tokyo | 🗼 |
| :tractor | 🚜 |
| :triton | 🧜 |
| :trumpet | 🎺 |
| :two hearts | 💕 |
| :unlock | 🔑, 🔓 |
| :versus | 🆚 |
| :violin | 🎻 |
| :warning | ⚠ |
| :waste | 🗑 |
| :wheelchair | ♿ |
| :white heart | 💟 |
| :yellow heart | 💛 |
| :zebra | 🦓 |
How to Use These Shortcuts?
- Type the emoji name in search box of the above table to filter and find your favorite emoji.
- Copy the shortcut and paste on the WhatsApp chat box.
- WhatsApp by default will highlight the first emoji filtered for the shortcut.
- Press tab to insert the highlighted emoji.
- If you see more than one result, use right and left arrows to navigate. When you are on the correct emoji, press tab to insert it on the box.
Other Tips
Here are some more tips to quickly find your emoji.
1. Use Specific Keyword in Shortcut
Typing the general keyword like :face will show you hundreds of emoji with the name including the word face. Therefore, try to use specific keyword like :middle for middle finger emoji. Below is an example that shows when you type the shortcut :angry WhatsApp will show all angry face emoji. If you are looking for angry devil face, type :devil to reduce the search result.
2. Choosing Skin Tone Emoji
If the search results in skin tone emoji, you should click the tone you like to insert.
3. Shortcuts for Country Flag Emojis in WhatsApp
You can also easily insert the country flags by adding the country name after colon.
- For example, :us will show USA flag and :uk will show United Kingdom flag.
- For other countries, you can simply use the country name to find the flag like :germany, :france or :spain.
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