Memojis disappeared after iOS 17 upgrade

My problem resolved.

Back story. I upgraded from iOS 16.x to 17.1. Afterward, in iMessage, I couldn't find my Memojis (the one I created to resemble me, plus the subsequent ones auto-generated from that). I followed the various suggestions here, to no avail. I tapped the + next to the message box, tapped Stickers, then scrolled through the row of icons, tapping on each one. Where I expected to find them (the icon of the face with a heart covering each eye) was empty.

I reflected on the several posts here reporting the same problem I had, but it being resolved after they updated to 17.1. As updating from 16.x to 17.1 is what resulted in the problem for me, I hadn't given much consideration to those posts. But it struck me that perhaps the specific version might not be the essential fact, but rather the upgrading itself. (An odd consideration, I realize, but software can do all sorts of quirky things.)

So, I checked for an upgrade, and 17.1.1 was available. I installed it, and voila, my Memojis were back, right where I had initially expected to find them.

Stupid and annoying, but resolved. Thanks those here who have posted replies to try to fix the missing Memojis problem. I appreciate the community!

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Hi,

You can re-enable the emoji keyboard and reset Predictive Emojis on iPhone. Go to setting >>> Gor to General >>> Go to Keyboard >>> Turn off Predictive Emoji, wait for a few seconds, and then turn on.

Also, you can check on your iMessage App. Open any conversation and click the "+" icon near the text bar. Now, choose the Memoji sticker packs.

If nothing works, contact Apple Support for help.

It's all there, you just have to take a couple of extra steps. Hit the "+", and it'll show a few of the mini apps. If you don't see the one you're looking for in that shortlist, then tap "more" to view the rest, and tap the one you need.

I had the same thing happen. My sister advised me what to do and it worked. Just go to message and address a text to someone. Go to compose and click on the + sign that is to the left. You will see a lot of options. Click on ‘more’ and scroll down to the Memoji icon. You should find your talking Memoji there.

Tap the little smiley face emoji in the bottom left corner under the 123 tab on the keyboard. Under the “Frequently Used “

tab you’ll see a half basketball shaped thingy in the bottom right corner next to all of the “allowed” emojis. Tap it and what should pop up is a display showing all of the emoji/picture options available to you. One of them is the 3 headed “stickers” icon. Tap it and scroll left or right until you see all of your emojis that you thought you lost. Mine was a personal one I designed and that’s where I found it. Hope this helps….

When you say that you’ve “tried everything” we don’t really know what you mean.

So, in case you missed this one…

tap the + (to the left of the text box), choose “Stickers”, tap on the icon with the multiple people….or the girl’s head….and there they are!

I feel your pain.

It was a mistake for Apple to do this but.... I got my MeMojis back by doing this....

tap the + (to the left of the text box), choose “Stickers”, tap on the icon with the multiple people….or the girl’s head….and there they are!

This worked for me and a number of people that had the same issue.

I read all of the above, then tapped around, 1) Opened a new text message; 2) selected the + key at bottom left; 3) selected MORE (well below STICKIES); then further down to MEMOJI … where I found ONE and only option of my Memoji, versus the multiple that were available before. IMO this is NOT an improvement for two major reasons: difficult to use 3-5 clicks, and only one emotion to convey. So ,,,, why did the KEEP the kazillion other little dinky stickers? Make our Memoji easy to use and the dinky stickers click-centric.

After reading countless posts regarding this issue, I found one post which works. Press the (+) on the left of a typical text message. The 3rd choice from the top is "Stickers". A band of icons will show up at the top. Scroll right until you see a girl or face emoji. Click on it. Then click on your Memoji face and there should be a drop down of your Memoji icons. Once you use one within a text, the next time you go to the (+) and tap on the Memoji icon, you should see all the Memojis icons. It took me a long time and a lot of trial and error but I finally figured it out. I hope it works for you. Don't give up. You will figure it out.

OK EVERYONE I FOUND THEM HIT THE PLUS THE HIT YOUR LIL MEMOJI THE STICKER WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM

IF YOUR IN THE TEXT BOX TO SOMEONE YOU HIT THE PLUS THEN STICKERS THEN THEY WILL POP UP THEY ARE THERE

Dvsone420 wrote:

IF YOUR IN THE TEXT BOX TO SOMEONE YOU HIT THE PLUS THEN STICKERS THEN THEY WILL POP UP THEY ARE THERE

(Your caps lock is stuck.)

Had the same problems. I hit the + on the left and it opens a list including stickers. They reappeared

Memojis have been moved into @Stickers”. TP the “+” to the left of the text box in Messages and a list will appear. Choose Stickers. Voilà!

Once you tap on the "+", you then need to tap on Stickers. You'll then need to swipe until you find the icon for Memoji. It's three faces overlapping and the center one has hearts for eyes.