iPhone emojis sending immediately instead of being inserted

I think I found the solution!

What looks like emojis from your recently sent emojis set maybe stickers.

When is disable Stickers in \Settings\General\Keyboards some recently used “emojis” disappeared: the ones that were sent immediately. It works again as it always did 😀

When I select the same pictures again from the permanent emoji collections they reappear in the recently sent emojis set but now act normally as classic in text emojis.

amazing!!! this worked for me. i didn't disable stickers, i just searched for the emoji and used what came up in the search rather than my "recently used" spot. see? ✨✨✨

I’ve been seeing the same issue, and I’d clarify that it specifically appears to be sending some emojis as stickers when the expectation is that they’ll be added as a text character in whatever type of text input field we’re actively typing in. That’s why it’s both sending them as large images and sending them immediately when selected. I’ve definitely observed it in Slack, Signal, and Discord; possibly others. I’ve seen it with a few different emojis but the affected ones are inconsistent between apps and over time.

Which app? Apple Messages? Meta Facebook Messenger? Something else?

(If this is happening only with Meta Facebook Messenger, check with Meta support.)

It's also possible that your iPhone display or digitizer hardware might be failing. So-called "ghost touches" can arise then, as well as missed touches. Does this spontaneous action also arise in other apps?

This is happening with me too! I haven't vetted every emoji, but this happens with the sparkle emoji - in fact I can't type it here without it rendering automatically as an image:

I have noticed this in using:

• signal
• facebook messenger
• discord
• pumble
• google voice

and here it seems. Interestingly, on Signal, Facebook Messenger, Pumble, and Google Voice the emoji sends automatically, whereas on Discord (and here) it acts as if I have pasted a large image of the emoji.

It seems that I see normal behavior when using the emoji with iMessage or SMS.

1) None of the emojis.

2) All stickers (that look the same as emojis in the recently used list(!)

3) Read my post for the workaround. It’s the top ranked reply in this thread.

4) It’s not a bug but a feature, so I doubt Apple will fix it.

This used to work, but recently broke, you can seemingly no longer disable stickers. That setting still exists, but you will still see stickers in the keyboard and the bug is back. :(

setings/general/ keyboard/stickers worked for me!! Thank you so much!!!! That has been one of the most frustrating and embarrassing things I have had to deal with when it comes to my iPhone 😤 So thank you!!

Interesting. as per normal it’s nice to find out that it’s not you who’s being an idiot on your phone. It is clear that this is due to a software issue somewhere along the line no fingers been pointed but questions:

1)Can you give a definitive list of which emojis initiate immediate sending and a simple yes or no

2) If yes where is I

3) Is there a solution a present ?

4)will there be one in the future?

Thanks, but I have Settings / General / keyboard / stickers disabled but it’s still happening for me - today with the :think: emoji 🤔 (although that seems ok here in Safari, happened in Messages, Signal and (I think) WhatsApp)

Weird, and definitely a bug imho…

I have this problem with the sparkly heart emoji and I am SO FED UP! It happens in WhatsApp Signal Instagram and even here! Why?! I cannot use this emoji normally at all anymore :(

Oh my god that is exactly it thank you so much!!!!

My pleasure😊

technically I suggest a workaround rather than a solution. If you need/want to keep using stickers it’s still a problem.

Thanks for this solution! It was getting embarrassing instantly sending giant emojis to others 😬

• signal
• facebook messenger
• discord
• pumble
• google voice
• whatssapp
• …

it’s apple iOS keyboard behavior, so it app independent ;-)