# Using emojis from your menu
Session hosts can enable or disable use of emojis. If use of emojis is enabled, you can access them through your menu on all device types. To activate an emoji, complete the following steps:
1. In a Session, open your menu or tablet.
2. On the side menu, select the gesture icon ().
3. On the emoji panel that appears, select an emoji.
After you activate an emoji, the brightness of the icon pulses for as long as the emoji is visible in the Session. After the emoji disappears, there is delay before you can activate another emoji. This cooldown period is indicated by a rotating animation on all emoji icons.
The sequence of emoji activation from available, to active, to cooldown period, to available again.
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