How to add emoji stickers to a photo

Open Add emoji to photo, choose a picture, search for an emoji such as heart or party, and tap it. It lands on the photo; drag it into place and drag its yellow corner to size and turn it. Download when you are done.

Steps

1. Open Add emoji to photo and choose a photo. The sticker picker opens beside it.
2. Type a word in the search box, such as heart, party, sun or thumbs.
3. Tap an emoji to add it. Each tap adds another sticker, slightly offset so they do not land exactly on top of each other.
4. Drag a sticker on the picture to move it. Drag its yellow corner to resize and turn it.
5. With a sticker selected, fine-tune it with the Size and Angle sliders under Selected sticker, or press Remove this sticker.
6. Download.

Ideas that work

Why your emoji may look different from a friend's

The stickers are drawn with the emoji font your device already has. A picture made on an iPhone shows Apple's emoji, one made on Windows shows Microsoft's, and on Android, Google's. Nothing extra downloads for them.

Once you download the photo, the emoji you saw are pixels in the picture. Everyone who opens the file sees exactly that version, whatever their phone.

Covering a face before you share

An emoji is a reliable way to hide a face, such as a child's in a school photo or a stranger's in a street shot. A sticker covers the pixels underneath; in the saved image, the face behind it is gone. The guide to hiding a face in a photo covers this in more detail.

Mixing emoji with text and more

The page is the photo editor opened on its Emoji tool. The other tools sit in the same list:

• Text adds a caption in five fonts with an outline.
• Filters adds a film or trend look under the stickers. Looks change the photo; the emoji keep their own colours.
• Crop tightens or reshapes the picture, for example to 9:16 for a story.

For a cut-out sticker of yourself rather than an emoji, the sticker maker cuts the person out of a photo and outlines them.

A small "Made with t.myu" credit starts in the bottom-left corner of the picture; tap the cross on it to save without it.

Questions

Can I add more than one emoji?

Yes. Each tap adds a new sticker. Select any of them on the picture to move, size or remove it.

Can I change an emoji's colour?

No. Emoji are drawn in their own colours from your device's emoji font. Pick a different emoji, such as another heart colour, instead.

Can I flip an emoji to face the other way?

Turn it with the yellow corner or the Angle slider. A mirror flip of a single sticker is not offered.

Is my photo uploaded?

No. The stickers are drawn onto the photo in your browser, and the file stays on your device.