Mastodon: How to Turn Off Animated Emojis

Animations are enabled by default

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By default, animated emojis will automatically animate as users browse the Mastodon social networking application. However, users have the option to disable animated emojis, if they’d like.

Our guide will show you how to turn off animated emojis in the Mastodon mobile app.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Mastodon app on iOS.

Step 1: On Mastodon’s home screen, tap the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen.



Screenshot of the Mastodon home screen with a red arrow pointing at the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen

Step 2: Tap the gray toggle to the right of “Disable animated emojis” to turn off animated emojis in the Mastodon app.

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