There are several ways to get the emoji keyboard in Windows 10 and 11 PC. Windows 11 users can switch to the emoji keyboard right from the touch keyboard as well. Let’s begin.
Use Windows Emoji Shortcut on PC
The fastest way to do something on your PC is through keyboard shortcuts. This also applies to emoji on Windows. All you have to do is use the Windows emoji shortcut. To open the emoji keyboard in Windows 10 and 11, press Windows Key + . (Period) on the keyboard. That means you have to press and hold the Windows key and then press the period (.) key. As soon as you do that, the Windows emoji keyboard for PC pops up. As long as you have an input field selected, clicking on any emoji will type it in the input field. You can use the search bar on it to search for any emoji as well.
Use Emoji Keyboard from Windows 11 Touch Keyboard
If you’re using a Windows PC tablet or devices like Surface, you might not have a physical keyboard to use the Windows emoji shortcut. Another way to use the Windows emoji keyboard is from the touch keyboard. Let’s see how. Microsoft is constantly adding new features to Windows, especially the touch keyboard. You can now access your clipboard history from the emoji keyboard, as well as special symbols. Both of those usually required a keyboard shortcut of their own before. While most chat apps today have a built-in emoji selector, on the rare chance that an app you use does not have it, now you know how Windows can help.
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