How to Enable the Emoji Context Menu in Google Chrome

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Google Chrome has an Emoji panel that available for Linux, Mac, and Chrome OS. You can access the Emoji panel by right-clicking in any text field on the web. This feature is on by default, but if you've accidentally turned it off, this wikiHow helps you to enable this feature again on your Chrome browser.

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    Launch “Google Chrome” on your computer. Its app icon resembles a green, yellow, red, and blue sphere icon.
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    Type chrome://flags/#enable-emoji-context-menu into the address bar and hit Enter . This will open the  Experiments settings.
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    Click on the Default option, right after the “Emoji Context Menu” text. Some options will appear after doing so.
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    Select Enabled from the context menu. You can also use this option to disable this feature in the future.
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    Click on the RELAUNCH NOW button.  Your changes will take effect when you relaunch the app.
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    Open the Emoji panel. Right-click on a text field and then click on Emoji from the context menu. This will open the emoji panel on your window.
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    Finished. Click on your favourite emoji to use it and use the search feature to find more. You're done!
    • Change the Emoji Context Menu option to default or Disabled to remove this feature from your right-click menu.
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    You should update your browser to the latest version, then follow these steps and restart Chrome to view the changes.
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      1. https://9to5google.com/2018/04/05/google-chrome-emoji-shortcut-mac-windows/

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