How to Use Emojis As Stickers in iOS 18 on iPhone and iPad 

Along with GIFs and stickers, emojis are undoubtedly the most popular messaging ingredients. With a wide variety of tiny faces at your disposal – from super hilarious to lovey-dovey – giving the right expression to your emotions is never a big deal. If you have a liking for emojis, I bet you would be pleased to know that iOS offers a neat way to convert emojis into stickers for a more spiced-up iMessaging experience. Ditch the old-fashioned way of emojifying your emotions and say hello to the much larger and more expressive smiley faces designed to liven up your blue bubbles! On this very note, read on to learn how to use emojis as stickers in iOS 18 on iPhone and iPad. 

Use Emojis As Stickers on iPhone and iPad 

To get started, let’s understand how turning emojis into stickers works on iPhone and iPad!

How do you convert emojis into stickers on iPhone and iPad? 

If you are wondering how converting emojis into stickers works on iPhone, let me tell you that the process is as easy as it can ever be. In the modern version of iOS, you can drag an emoji and drop it on an iMessage bubble or just send it in a conversation thread. 

The moment you start dragging an emoji, it starts showing a green “+” button; thereby confirming that it’s ready to be dropped as a sticker. In short, it fully leverages Apple’s smooth sailing “Drag and Drop” gesture to let you send emojis as funny stickers. 

Turn Emojis into Stickers in Messages App on iPhone and iPad 

  • On your iPhone or iPad, go to the Messages app -> open a chat -> hit the text input box -> tap on the emoji icon at the bottom left corner of the screen. 
Tap on the emoji icon at the bottom of the emoji keyboard
  • Now, head over to the emoji you wish to use -> drag and drop the emoji on the message bubble and that’s about it!
Use emojis as message stickers on iPhone and iPad

Send Emojis As Stickers in Messages App on iPhone and iPad 

  • Press and hold on an emoji and drop it into the text field. 
  • After that, hit the send button to send the emoji as a sticker. 

Edit or Delete Emoji Stickers 

Editing or deleting emoji stickers is also pretty simple.

  • Long-press on the emoji -> choose Sticker Details in the menu.
Choose Sticker details
  • Now, swipe left on the emoji and hit the red Delete button. 
Delete Message stickers on iPhone and iPad

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why is iMessage not sending the message? 

There could be a couple of main reasons why iMessage is unable to send the messages. For instance, the issue could be due to a poor internet connection and the ill-functioning iMessage server. 

2. Can you send an iMessage to Android users? 

Unfortunately, you can’t. While there are some workarounds through the third-party tools, Apple doesn’t offer an official way to send an iMessage to Android devices. 

3. How do you send low-quality images via iMessage?

Before you can share low-quality photos via iMessage, you need to first enable this mode. Navigate to the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad -> Messages -> scroll down to the bottom of the screen and then turn on the toggle next to Low-Quality Image Mode.

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Rajesh Mishra

Editor-in-Chief: Rajesh Mishra is a Shakespearean poet at heart who turned a tech nerd while having a secret rendezvous with iPhone 4. When that rendezvous turned obsession, he let go of his hard-core political journalism in favour of the lifelong love-affair with technology. In a career spanning one and a half decades, Mr. Mishra has crafted over 8K articles and produced more than 3K videos for YouTube. When he is not at his desk, you may find him either engrossed in a Deathmatch or chasing Wordsworth!

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