Manage your emoji preferences

In ww5, emoji are both fun and helpful for getting work done. To get the most out of emoji, you can adjust your default skin tone, display preferences and one-click emoji reactions.


Choose your default skin tone

Desktop

iOS

Android

  1. Click the  smiley face icon in the message field to open the menu.
  2. Click the ✋ hand icon in the bottom right corner.

    Emoji menu showing skin tone selection option

  3. Choose a default skin tone.

Tip: You can click on certain emoji when they appear in the message field to quickly cycle through available skin tones. 

  1. Tap your profile picture at the top of your screen.
  2. Tap   Preferences.
  3. Under Appearance, tap   Default emoji skin tone.
  4. Choose your preferred skin tone.
  1. Tap your profile picture at the top of your screen.
  2. Tap   Preferences.
  3. Under Look and feel, tap Default emoji skin tone.
  4. Choose your preferred skin tone.


Set your emoji display preferences

There are a few preferences for managing how emoji display in ww5:

  • Display emoji as Unicode or plain text
  • Choose to make emoji larger in messages without text
  • Convert typed emoticons to emoji
  1. From your desktop, click your profile picture in the sidebar.
    Static image of a cursor clicking the profile picture menu in the ww5 app
  2. Select Preferences from the menu.
  3. Select Messages & media.
  4. Under Emoji, tick or untick the boxes to set your preferences.

Note: ww5 displays emoji in Apple's style on Mac and iOS devices, and Google's style on Windows, Linux and Android devices.


Set your preference for one-click emoji reactions

One-click emoji reactions let you respond to messages in ww5 almost instantly — simply hover over a message and choose from three emoji options. Owners and admins can choose default one-click reactions that you see, but you can customise them using the steps below.

  1. From your desktop, click your profile picture in the sidebar.
    Static image of a cursor clicking on the profile picture menu in the ww5 app
  2. Select Preferences.
  3. Select Messages & media.
  4. Under Emoji, tick or untick the box next to Show one-click reactions on messages. If ticked, click the boxes to select three emoji.