Select your emoji skin tone

Applies To
Teams Microsoft Teams

Choose a skin tone for your emoji and reactions to use everywhere in Microsoft Teams, including meetings, chat, and channels. When you get emoji and reactions from other people, they'll appear in the skin tone they chose.

Choose a skin tone in chats or channels

Select your skin tone preference while sending a message

  1. Select Emoji, GIFs and Stickers .
  2. Select Emoji tab.
  3. Select Customize default reactions .
  4. Under Choose a skin tone, select the desired skin tone.
  5. Select Save.

Screenshot of selecting skin tone for emoji.

Select your skin tone preference while reacting to a message

  1. Hover over a message, then select More reactions .
  2. Select Customize default reactions .
  3. Under Choose a skin tone, select the desired skin tone.
  4. Select Save.

Once you choose a skin tone, it'll apply to every hand gesture and people emoji or reaction that you send.

Select your emoji skin tone preferences from settings

  1. Go to Settings and more at the top-right corner.
  2. Select Settings ⁠.⁠
  3. Select Appearance .
  4. Under Skin tone preference, choose the skin tone you’d like to use.

Select appearance and accessibility to customize skin tone for emoji and reactions.

Tip

To change the skin tone for a single message or reaction, right-click on your desired emoji. This won't change your skin tone preference. For more on personalizing emoji, read Send an emoji, GIF or sticker in Microsoft Teams.

If you can't choose a skin tone in the emoji picker, make sure you're using the latest version of Teams. If you are still having trouble changing your skin tone preference, please contact your IT administrator.