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Newcomer
September 27, 2023
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Allow teams to define their own emoji sets/ hide custom emojis to those who lack permissions.

  • September 27, 2023
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I would be neat to restrict emojis to certain groups (so they aren't visible org wide), allows groups to make their own custom emoji set, and hide custom emojis to those who lack permissions. 

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Community Champion | Employee
October 5, 2023

Hi CVillavi, 

 

Account owners and admins can disable or restrict use of emojis in Zoom Team Chat.

How to enable or disable chat emojis

Account

To enable or disable Chat emojis for all users in the account:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit settings.
  2. In the navigation menu, click Account Management then Account Settings.
  3. Click the Team Chat tab.
  4. Under Sharing, click the Chat emojis toggle to enable or disable it.
  5. If a verification dialog displays, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
  6. (Optional) To prevent this setting from being configured at the group level, click the lock icon 
     

     

    , and then click Lock to confirm the setting.
  7. If enabled, select a permission for chat emojis:
    • All emojis: All chat emojis will be available.
    • Selected emojis: Only 6 common emojis will be available.

 

Group

To enable or disable Chat emojis for a group of users:

  1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal as an admin with the privilege to edit settings.
  2. In the navigation menu, click User Management then Groups.
  3. Click the applicable group name from the list.
  4. Click the Team Chat tab.
  5. Under Sharing, click the Chat emojis toggle to enable or disable it.
  6. If a verification dialog displays, click Enable or Disable to verify the change.
    Note: If the option is grayed out, it has been locked at the account level and needs to be changed at that level.
  7. If enabled, select a permission for chat emojis:
    • All emojis: All chat emojis will be available.
    • Selected emojis: Only 6 common emojis will be available.
CVillaviAuthor
Newcomer
November 3, 2023

Apologies, I meant more along the lines of restricting emojis to certain channels, or specific members.