Recent emojis not working after clearing frequently used characters

After updating my Macbook Pro to Sequoia 15.3.1, i noticed my recent emoji section wasn't updating. It was stuck on the last emojis i was using before the update. So i decided to clear frequently used characters in the emoji and symbols panel. But now it's even worse. The recent emoji section is completely gone and it's not storing any of my frequently used emojis, no matter how much i use an emoji. And when i use a hand emoji of a certain skin color for example, it's not even retaining my preference automatically like in previous MacOS versions. Never happened before

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 5, 2025 12:09 PM

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Mar 9, 2025 10:40 AM in response to Nico-cozi

Nico-cozi wrote:

After updating my Macbook Pro to Sequoia 15.3.1, i noticed my recent emoji section wasn't updating. It was stuck on the last emojis i was using before the update. So i decided to clear frequently used characters in the emoji and symbols panel. But now it's even worse. The recent emoji section is completely gone and it's not storing any of my frequently used emojis, no matter how much i use an emoji. And when i use a hand emoji of a certain skin color for example, it's not even retaining my preference automatically like in previous MacOS versions. Never happened before


Shutting down and restarting more than once since your "update"...


open the viewer—Control Command Spacebar ... and do some testing there



no change—

A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.



no resolve—

To be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple



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