How to add emojis and stickers to a Discord server

What would a group chat be if we didn't have emojis and stickers to share? It may be the most boring group of all and it's logical, it applies to WhatsApp, FB Messenger and Telegram, but also to Discord. For this reason, you can't put it off any longer, you need to learn how to Adding Emoticons and Stickers on Discord right now.

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How to download free emoticons and stickers for Discord

In case you didn't know yet, To add emoticons and stickers in Discord, images are used in PNG, JPG, among many other formats. It is worth noting that you can download these emojis from almost anywhere, but we recommend using specialized websites, such as:

How to add emojis and stickers on Discord

Now, once you have a large collection of emojis and stickers, you will need to upload them to Discord. Follow the steps below to do so.

1. Enter your server settings

Find the server settings area in Discord
Look for the server settings area in Discord.

Go to your Discord server and press the arrow right next to your name to open the menu. After that, among the available options, Click the one that says: Server Settings.

2. Upload the emojis

Server settings for adding emojis and stickers on Discord
Server settings to upload emojis to Discord.

Once Within the server settings section, click on Emojis within the panel on the left. Press Upload emoji and select all the emoji or sticker images you want to add to Discord.

3. Assign an alias to each image

Assign a name or alias to each emoji
Assign a name or alias to each emoji.

Finally, You will need to add an alias to each emoji so that you can enter it within a text chatAn alias is simply a keyword that you can type between colons “:” and Discord will convert it into the corresponding image.

How to send installed emojis and stickers on Discord

Now that you've added emojis and stickers to your Discord server, you can send them to your teammates in two different ways, and we'll explain how shortly:

Method 1: Inserting an alias

Write a nickname to add an emoji on Discord
Write a nickname to add an emoji on Discord

As mentioned, to quickly add an emoji into a text field just We write your alias between a pair of colon symbols “:”This would be the number 1 method you can use to add a sticker by inserting an alias, and the advantage it has is that it allows us to respond faster.

Method 2: Using the Reaction Selector

Find the emoji in the Discord reaction picker
Find the emoji in the Discord reaction picker

To the right of the text field we have a grey button that is used to add reactions to our messages on Discord. Press this button and go to the reactions section of your server and select the sticker you prefer. As you can see, This method is especially useful when you forget the alias that was assigned to an emoji..