disabling emoji

Are you using a non-standard keyboard layout/input source?

You can try booting into Safe Mode then restart normally. Sometimes that will fix anomalies.

Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

Irvingnyc wrote:

Sonoma 14 just updated on my MacBook and now whenever I type an e the emoji screen pops up preventing use of e in the text. How can I disable entirely as I do not use emoji

Try creating your own shortcut for Emoji & Symbols in system settings > keyboard > keyboard shortcuts > app shortcuts > +

Create keyboard shortcuts for apps on Mac - Apple Support (KE)

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253297084?sortBy=oldest_first

Are you using a third-party external keyboard? Normally the default to show the emoji panel is the Globe key.