Emoji reactions let you quickly respond to a message. For example, 👍 is commonly used to express agreement or confirm that you've read the message. Any emoji can be used as a reaction, including custom emoji. Reactions appear at the bottom of the message.
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Click the smiley face () icon.
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For messages that you've sent, click on the **ellipsis** (<i class="zulip-icon zulip-icon-more-vertical-spread"></i>) and then **Add emoji reaction**.
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Select an emoji. Type to search, use the arrow keys, or click on an emoji with your mouse.
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To add multiple reactions without closing the emoji picker, hold the
<kbd>Shift</kbd> key while selecting emoji.
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You can react to the selected message with 👍 by using the <kbd>+</kbd> shortcut.
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Tap Add a reaction.
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Start typing the name of the emoji you want to use, and select an emoji from the list of suggestions.
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- Click on an existing emoji reaction to add or remove your reaction.
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To make it easy to see which reactions you have added, they are
highlighted in a different color.
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You can also toggle the first emoji reaction on the selected message by
using the <kbd>=</kbd> shortcut.
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- Tap on an existing emoji reaction to add or remove your reaction.
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To make it easy to see which reactions you have added, they are
highlighted in a different color.
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For messages where few users have reacted, the names of users who have reacted are displayed directly on the message if the option to do so is enabled.
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- Hover over an emoji reaction to see who reacted with that emoji.
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- Tap See who reacted.
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You can also long-press an existing emoji reaction to see who reacted with
that emoji.
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- Under Emoji, toggle Display names of reacting users when few users have reacted to a message.
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To see how others have responded to your messages, you can view all your messages which have received at least one reaction.
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Click on Reactions in the left sidebar. If the views section is collapsed, click on the ellipsis (), and select Reactions.
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Browse your reactions. You can click on a message recipient bar to go to the conversation where you sent the message.
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You can also [search all messages with reactions](/help/search-for-messages) using the
`has:reaction` filter.
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