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Robert
April 12, 2021

Can auto-emoji be disabled when typing?

  • April 12, 2021
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My question is in the title. Can auto-emoji be disabled when typing? For example, when copy-pasting “↔” in a text field, Figma will automatically render the emoji that matches those arrows.

Can this (feature?) be disabled somewhere, maybe temporarily?
I looked around on https://help.figma.com/ but found nothing about.

23 replies

May 25, 2023

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Tyler3
New Member
August 1, 2023

I have been struggling with this issue as well, and my main issue here is that this behavior stops me from being able to see what my website(s) will actually look like when launched, as emoji-auto-conversion is not a thing that browsers do.

September 12, 2023

any traction on this? ← is annoying, I want < -

Hragatron
December 14, 2023

Just now I was trying to use the copyright symbol, and it’s auto-changing it to the emoji no matter what I bring in (emoji panel, copy+paste from somewhere). I just want the text 😑

Kailyn_Nelson1
June 18, 2024

Still having this issue in 2024.

Elizabeth21
July 22, 2024

Still an issue. I don’t want the emoji auto rendered.

11166
July 28, 2024

Now Figma start auto rendered emoji that was normal before 🤬

Alice_Holm
Active Member
September 27, 2024

Issue here as well. Wanted this ↪️ in text format, but got the emoji

Michael_Harrison
December 27, 2024

Similar issue with emojis in comments, but with the colon shortcut. It’s pretty frustrating. I’ve been trying to paste this string into a comment:

Cancel Button: register:back:button-text

And no matter what I do, Figma automatically changes it to:

Cancel Button: register🔙button-text

Is there a way to disable the colon shortcut?

Sagit Grite
New Member
February 25, 2025

Hey All,

We’ve passed this request onto the team for consideration. Be sure to also Vote up top to ensure we can get an accurate gauge of interest from the community! ☝️

it’s has been more than a year, any solution? 

I am having the same annoying issue when trying to paste “↗” it’s always converting to this emoji ↗️