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3 Quick Ways to Use Emoji on Your Chromebook Download Article Co-authored by Nicole Levine, MFA Reviewed by Stan Kats
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This article was reviewed by Stan Kats and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Stan Kats is a Professional Technologist and the COO and Chief Technologist for The STG IT Consulting Group in West Hollywood, California. Stan provides comprehensive technology solutions to businesses through managed IT services, and for individuals through his consumer service business, Stan's Tech Garage. Stan holds a BA in International Relations from The University of Southern California. He began his career working in the Fortune 500 IT world. Stan founded his companies to offer an enterprise-level of expertise for small businesses and individuals. This article has been fact-checked, ensuring the accuracy of any cited facts and confirming the authority of its sources. This article has been viewed 167,842 times.
Want to type a heart, happy face, flame, or other emoji on your Chromebook? There are three easy ways to open your Chromebook's emoji keyboard—using right-click by tapping the trackpad with two fingers and selecting Emoji, pressing Search + Shift + and Space at the same time, or by tapping the emoji key on the on-screen keyboard. This wikiHow guide will walk you through inserting emoji into any document, app, or website on your Chromebook.
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Press the Search, Shift, and Spacebar keys at the same time to launch the emoji keyboard. Add emojis to your document by clicking them on the keyboard.
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Tap the trackpad with two fingers and select Emoji. No matter where you're typing on your Chromebook—in a text field on a website or in an app like Google Docs—this action will open the emoji menu. Click any emoji to insert it instantly.
If you have a mouse connected to your Chromebook, you can right-click the typing area instead of two-finger-tapping the trackpad.
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Press +⇧ Shift+Spacebar. Pressing the Search, Shift, and Spacebar keys at the same time instantly launches the emoji keyboard. Click any emoji on the keyboard to insert it into your document or typing area.[1]XResearch source
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Tap the smiley face icon at the bottom of the on-screen keyboard. If you're using your Chromebook in tablet-mode, the on-screen keyboard opens instantly once you flip the screen over its hinge.[2]XResearch source Tapping the smiley face opens the emoji keyboard—just tap any emoji to insert it.
If the keyboard doesn't open, just tap any typing area to launch it.
If you want to use the on-screen keyboard without tablet mode, you can enable it in your accessibility settings. Here's how:[3]XResearch source
Click the time at the bottom-right and select Settings.
Click Advanced.
Click Manage accessibility features.
Select Enable on-screen keyboard.
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Reviewed by: Stan Kats Professional Technologist This article was reviewed by Stan Kats and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Stan Kats is a Professional Technologist and the COO and Chief Technologist for The STG IT Consulting Group in West Hollywood, California. Stan provides comprehensive technology solutions to businesses through managed IT services, and for individuals through his consumer service business, Stan's Tech Garage. Stan holds a BA in International Relations from The University of Southern California. He began his career working in the Fortune 500 IT world. Stan founded his companies to offer an enterprise-level of expertise for small businesses and individuals. This article has been viewed 167,842 times. How helpful is this? Co-authors: 10Updated: April 22, 2025 Views: 167,842 Categories: Chromebook In other languages Portuguese Italian Dutch Indonesian Spanish Japanese
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Tap the trackpad with two fingers and select Emoji. No matter where you're typing on your Chromebook—in a text field on a website or in an app like Google Docs—this action will open the emoji menu. Click any emoji to insert it instantly. 
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+⇧ Shift+Spacebar. Pressing the Search, Shift, and Spacebar keys at the same time instantly launches the emoji keyboard. Click any emoji on the keyboard to insert it into your document or typing area.[1] 
Tap the smiley face icon at the bottom of the on-screen keyboard. If you're using your Chromebook in tablet-mode, the on-screen keyboard opens instantly once you flip the screen over its hinge.[2] Tapping the smiley face opens the emoji keyboard—just tap any emoji to insert it.