Can’t Remove Stickers from Emoji Keyboard -Why Is This a Thing?

The default iOS keyboard organizes emoji categories in the following order: Recent, Smileys, Animals, Food, Activities, Travel, Objects, Symbols, and Flags. This order is fixed and cannot be changed.

The Recents tab in the iOS Keyboard is not editable by the user. It dynamically updates based on the emojis or Memojis you frequently use or have used recently. If you stop using a particular emoji, it will gradually move out of the Recentslist as new ones are used.

Additional Notes:

• The list adapts automatically and reflects a combination of most frequently used and recently used emojis.
• You cannot manually pin or remove emojis from the Recents tab.
• If you'd like to reset it completely, you can go to Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Keyboard Dictionary, but this will also erase predictive text and autocorrections you've taught the keyboard.

The "Recent" category dynamically updates based on the emojis you use most frequently, regardless of their original category. Additionally, the keyboard remembers the last emoji category you accessed. For instance, if you last selected an emoji from the "Food" category, the keyboard will reopen to that category the next time you use it.

Similarly, if you use emojis from the "Recent" category, the keyboard will default to that category the next time. This behavior adapts to your usage for convenience.

HauntedByStickers wrote:

• Hey Apple team

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Hiiii

i found this thread, after visiting other tech pages ::: so it’s a problem :::

as you’re probably familiar , in photos you can create « stickers » (for lack of a better word) of the people in them. They then become cute emojis.

inevitability… they really have a limited shelf life…

& YET You CANNOT remove them !

they hang around the emoji keyboard in prominent positions

& the solution below only shows the official emoji not the silly ones you no longer need.

HELP !!!!!

..luna wrote:

& the solution below only shows the official emoji not the silly ones you no longer need.

HELP !!!!!

Go to the emoji keyboard. Swipe all the way to the left. Tap and release (the timing is a bit tricky) on the one you want to delete. You should get the popup menu shown below. Note: going to stickers doesn't work.

The picture below may help you delete stickers

HauntedByStickers wrote:

You are an absolute legend 🙌🙌 thank yooouuuuuuuuuu 🙏🙏

I'm really glad it helped!

😀