TikTok has 46 SECRET emoji – here’s how to unlock them on your smartphone

With over one billion active users, TikTok is without a doubt one of the most popular social media apps around the world. 

If you use the video app, you might think you have the key features down. 

But many users are unaware of a helpful tool – 46 secret emoji. 

These secret emoji work on both iOS and Android versions of the TikTok app, but you’ll need special codes to use them.

Here’s everything you need to know about the secret characters, including what they are and how to access them. 

If you use TikTok, you might think you have the key features down. But many users are unaware of a helpful tool – 46 secret emoji

These secret emoji work on both iOS and Android versions of the TikTok app, but you’ll need special codes to use them

TikTok supports native emoji on all platforms, which people can use by simply inserting them from their smartphone’s keyboard – just as you would while using emoji on other platforms such as WhatsApp or Instagram. 

However, many users are unaware of 46 secret emoji, which work on both the iOS and Android versions of the app. 

In a blog about the hidden characters, Emojipedia explained: ‘Not shown anywhere in the interface, the only way to insert a hidden TikTok emoji is to know the list of TikTok emoji codes.’

To use the hidden emoji, scroll down to our TikTok Emoji Codes list at the bottom of this article. 

Copy any emoji shortcode and paste it into a TikTok comment of caption. 

This will turn the code into a custom emoji before your eyes! 

‘Unlike native system emojis which appear with designs from Apple, Google or Microsoft (depending on the platform being used), TikTok’s hidden emoji list uses the same visual style on all operating systems, from all manufacturers,’ Emojipedia added. 

The news comes shortly after Emojipedia revealed the 118 new emoji that are up for approval this year. 

The new characters include a lime, heads shaking vertically and horizontally, and a phoenix bird.

Users can also expect four new gender-neutral family emoji, represented via silhouettes (scroll down for the full list).