Use Memoji on your iPhone or iPad Pro

You can create a Memoji to match your personality and mood, then send it in Messages and FaceTime. And with a compatible iPhone or iPad Pro, you can create an animated Memoji that uses your voice and mirrors your facial expressions.

iPhone showing how to create a Memoji

How to create your Memoji

iPhone showing how to create a Memoji sticker

How to create Memoji stickers

Your Memoji automatically become sticker packs that live in your keyboard and you can use them in Messages, Mail, and some third-party apps.

Here's how to create a Memoji sticker:

  1. Create your Memoji.
  2. Open the keyboard, then tap the Memoji Stickers buttonMemoji Stickers button.
  3. Select the sticker that you want to send.
  4. Tap the Send button Send button.

Memoji Stickers aren't supported on iPad Air 2.

iPhone showing how to use animated Memoji

How to use an animated Memoji in Messages

iPhone showing how to create animated Memoji in FaceTime

How to use an animated Memoji in FaceTime

  1. Make sure that you have a compatible iPhone or iPad Pro.
  2. Open FaceTime and make a call.
  3. When the call starts, tap the Effects buttoneffects icon.
  4. Tap the Memoji that you want to use.
  5. Continue your FaceTime call with your customized Memoji. Or tap the Close button to continue without a Memoji or go back to the FaceTime menu.

To change your Memoji or to remove it during a FaceTime call, repeat steps 2-4.

Manage your Memoji

Want to change a Memoji that you already created? You can edit the features, duplicate an existing Memoji with new features, or delete a Memoji.

  1. Open Messages and tap the Compose buttonCompose button to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation.
  2. Tap the Memoji button Memoji button or Memoji Stickers button Memoji Stickers, then select the Memoji that you want.
  3. Tap the More buttonmore icon. Then choose Edit, Duplicate, or Delete.

If you want your Memoji on all of your compatible devices, you need two-factor authentication enabled for your Apple ID, and you need to be signed into iCloud with the same Apple ID on all the devices. You also need to have iCloud Drive turned on. Go to Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud > iCloud Drive.

To use an animated Memoji, you need a compatible iPhone or iPad Pro.

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