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How to remove stickers from the emoji keyboard on an iPhone

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Updated 19 October 2026 · Checked October 2026

Device: iPhone 17e · Software: iOS 27.0.1

Publisher: Saadat Rafiq

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Screenshot from the guide: How to remove stickers from the emoji keyboard on an iPhone

What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-remove-stickers-from-the-emoji-keyboard-on-an-iphone/ · Checked October 2026 · iPhone 17e · iOS 27.0.1

In this guide
  1. Open Settings and tap General
  2. Tap Keyboard
  3. Scroll to the bottom and switch off Stickers
  4. If you do not see this option
  5. If this does not work
  6. Sources
Quick answer

Open Settings, tap General, then Keyboard, scroll to the bottom and switch off Stickers under Emoji. The note on the page adds that stickers are always shown in apps that support typing them as emoji.

3 of 3 steps with real screenshots · 1 official source below

Device
iPhone
Shown on
iOS 27.0.1 (iPhone 17e)
App
Settings
Path
Settings › General › Keyboard
Real screenshots
3 of 3 steps
What we did
Performed: we made the change on our device and show the result
Checked
October 2026
Sources
1 official, linked below

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Steps
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  1. iPhone screen: Open Settings and tap General

    Open Settings and tap General

    General is the first row of the group below Battery, after Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

  2. iPhone screen: Tap Keyboard

    Tap Keyboard

    It is just below Fonts, in the group that starts with AutoFill & Passwords.

  3. iPhone screen: Scroll to the bottom and switch off Stickers

    Scroll to the bottom and switch off Stickers

    It is the last switch on the page, under the heading Emoji. It was on on our iPhone 17e; the picture shows ours after we switched it off.

What changed: the screenshots are now our own iPhone 17e on iOS 27.0.1, dark mode, and the wording is checked against those screens.

If you do not see this option

  • Change it from the keyboard. While typing, touch and hold the emoji or globe key and tap Keyboard Settings. On our iPhone 17e the menu listed Keyboard Settings, English (US) and Emoji. Source: Type with the onscreen keyboard on iPhone
  • Search for it. Open Settings, tap the search field at the bottom and type Stickers. Apple notes that the sections in Settings depend on the iPhone model. Source: Find settings on iPhone

If this does not work

  • Stickers still show in some apps. The note on the page says stickers are always shown in apps that support typing them as emoji.
  • You also see Genmoji suggestions. That is Genmoji Suggestions, the switch just above, which was on on ours. The note says suggested Genmoji are created from your photos and your commonly typed phrases.

About this guide

The emoji keyboard on an iPhone can also send stickers. If you never use them, one switch takes them out. On iOS 27 the switch sits in the Emoji group, below Genmoji Suggestions.

The screenshots are our own, taken on an iPhone 17e running iOS 27.0.1, in dark mode.

In short: Settings, General, Keyboard, Stickers off.

Sources

Links checked in October 2026. Menus and features can change after software updates. These steps match the version named at the top.

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