Helium314
Add an option to remove certain emojis from the recent history
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Not a problem, just a suggestion. It's not a high priority, but it might be easy to implement.
Describe the solution you'd like
It could be a good option to be able to remove/delete certain emojis from the recent history. For example, by long pressing the emoji.
Use case
When I'm typing some text with the keyboard, and I want to insert an emoji, I bring up the emoji panel, and by default, it's the recent history that shows first (which is good). But with time, the history can become full of emojis I've only used once or twice. And since I don't really plan on using some of them in the near future, I'd like to be able to remove them from the recent history. It would allow me to only keep the emojis I really often use, and find the ones I want faster.
Describe alternatives you've considered (if any)
Currently, if I want to clear the recent history for emojis, I have to clear the local data storage, but it removes all the emojis from the recent history, and it also deletes all my HeliBoard settings.
While we can drop suggested words, it would make sense to hide a chosen emoji with an equivalent UX
Yes, it would be great to have the option to remove individual emojis from the recent list and clear the entire recent emoji list. Clean and tidy
Well, if you don't use some emojis, they will be pushed down the queue of the Recent emojis tab. Eventually, the top emojis will be your most used emojis.
Something to note is that there is already a "Show emoji description on long press" setting that would conflict with the most obvious way of going about this feature.
@ShortTimeNoSee Understood. It could also be an option/mode to delete/reorder emojis, for example.