How to Disable Color Emojis in Debian 10 (Buster)

This updated guide examines How to Disable Color Emojis in Debian 10 (Buster) and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

If you don't like these color emojis and want to return to the old black and white icons, read this guide for how to do it.

How to view emoji in text editor?

Open a graphical text editor, like gedit , right click and then select the Insert Emoji option . Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcutCtrl+.To open the emoticon dialog box as follows:

How to Disable Color Emojis in Debian 10 (Buster) — contextual image 1 — Emoticons in Gedit

Uninstall colored emoji

To disable color emojis in apps, follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal with Application Launcher Search, accessible via Super / Windows key .

2. Enter the following command as root user:

$ sudo apt remove fonts-noto-color-emoji

How to Disable Color Emojis in Debian 10 (Buster) — contextual image 2 — Enter the command as root user

3. Enterywhen you see the Y / N option during the installation process.

The Noto Color Emoji font will be removed from the system and you will get the following black and white emoticon dialog box in text editor and other Debian applications:

How to Disable Color Emojis in Debian 10 (Buster) — contextual image 3 — Black and white emoticons reappear

Reinstall the colored emoji

The color emoji uninstallation process is reversible, meaning that you can reinstall the font by entering the following command as sudo in Terminal:

$ sudo apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji

You should now be able to use color emoticons on your Debian system again.

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