| Action | Emoji & Symbols Picker |
| Shortcut | ⌃ + ⌘ + Space |
| Platform | Mac |
| Category | Spotlight & System |
On Mac, you can emoji & symbols picker with ⌃ + ⌘ + Space. Opens the Character Viewer for emoji and symbols. It sits in the Spotlight & System group and is one of the Mac shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Mac conventions.
Open the app or screen where you want to emoji & symbols picker.
Press ⌃ + ⌘ + Space.
Opens the Character Viewer for emoji and symbols.