Lost emojis after ios17 upgrade

After recent updates I now can’t use all the emojis I can use some but when I click on the ones I actually want to use it doesn’t show on the screen at all, anyone else experiencing this ?

I figured out where to find the Memojis. If you are in a new message and hit the "+" sign as you normally would to find the Memoji options, hit "Stickers". This is not the end, the stickers only show a small selection of recently used Memoji stickers, so this is just a waypoint to getting them all back. OK, once you are in stickers, in the top row (selection tools for stickers, not stickers themselves), click on "EDIT" to the far right. When the new window opens, ignore the sticker apps options, and click the button below those that says, "Get Sticker Apps on the App Store." Search for Bitmoji, and download it from the cloud. As soon as you do that your old avatar and the large selection of sticker options will appear again! I can now see the Bitmoji icon when I create a new message, and have the full array of Memojis to choose from.

I am having the same issues. I can’t find emoji icon display on keyboard after iOS 17 updated to iOS 18. Which wasn’t like that before the update. Also tried every recommendations all to no avail. Please what can be done.

Apple disappeared the emojis, simple as that.

That didn’t work.

I am trying to email using images and can’t find them on my iPad. Help

Like someone said- Tap on Stickers, then the gray Smiley. All the rest come up.

After trying the Stickers>Smiley option, the old emoji icon shows up at the bottom of the keyboard where it used to be. Now I have a happy face.

Obviously, Apple is aware of this. My question is when can we expect a fix?

I tried the +stickers it works on texting but not on other Apps like WharsApp

I’m so frustrated

Hey, thank you for the info. I tried doing that and found a lot of options that weren't there, but when I go to emojis most of the larger emojis that I sort of designed are gone. Any suggestions?

Well, I guess if you wait around long enough and try everything, your problems can be solved. I went back and found the emojis I wanted.

I face the same issue. This could be fixed by go to settings > general > keyboard > add new key board > search ‘Emoji’ > add it.

I had to do +, stickers, three faces and scroll past a lot of nonsense to find my Memojis. Sent my faves to a friend so they would be at the top of the list on the 3 faces tab.

This on longer works on the iOS ipad update.