How to Permanently Delete Custom Stickers from Your Apple Devices? Messages, Keyboard, and More

Stickers bring a lot of fun and personality to our digital lives. But eventually, your collection of stickers may become overflowing with ones that no longer make you happy.

The good news? With iCloud keeping everything in sync, Apple makes it incredibly easy to delete custom stickers from your iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Even if you’re not tech-savvy, anyone can follow along with this guide’s clear and easy-to-follow instructions.

How to Delete Custom Stickers on Apple Devices: A Quick, Friendly Guide

Things You Can and Can’t Delete

Let’s make it clear which stickers you can remove before we begin:

• Personalized stickers, Emojis, Apple-generated Genmoji, your photos, or Live Photos are used to create these. You are free to remove them.
• Stickers from installed apps are known as third-party sticker packs. Either uninstall the app or hide them in Messages to get rid of them.
• Memoji stickers that are connected to your Animoji. To get rid of these, you can hide or remove the Animoji itself.
• Stickers with Emojis. You can clear your “Recently Used” tab, but you can’t remove them forever.

This tutorial focuses on removing personalized stickers—those you created or stored yourself.

1. Remove Custom Stickers from iPhone and iPad

Method A: Tap any conversation in the Messages Stickers app after opening Messages

1. Next to the text box, tap the + icon.
2. Select Stickers from the drawer.

3. To view your creations, select the Live tab (peeling sticker icon).
4. To remove a sticker, press and hold it, then select Delete.
5. Remove several: Press and hold, select Rearrange, and then select the minus sign next to each item you wish to remove. To finish, tap anywhere.

Method B: Using any app’s emoji keyboard

Put the pointer in any text application (Safari, Notes, etc.).

1. Press the keyboard’s emoji button.
2. Select the Live tab.

3. One sticker: Tap Delete after holding it down.
4. Several stickers: Press and hold, select Rearrange, remove multiple by tapping ⊖, and then exit by tapping out.

2. Remove Mac Custom Stickers

Method A: Through the Messages App

1. Launch a chat window and the Messages app.
2. Press the + button.
3. Select the Live tab after selecting Stickers.
4. To remove stickers, right-click on them (or use the Control or two-finger keys) and choose Delete.

Method B: Open the emoji picker from the Emoji & Symbols Menu

1. If the Globe/Fn key is available, click it twice.
2. Edit ➝ Symbols & Emoji, or make use of the menu bar icon.
3. Select the Live tab.
4. To remove a sticker, right-click on it and select Delete. Simple!

Quick Recap Table

Device	Where to Go	Delete One Sticker	Delete Multiple Stickers
iPhone / iPad	Messages App → Stickers → Live Tab	Press and hold the sticker → Tap Delete	Press and hold any sticker → Tap Rearrange → Tap ⊖ on each → Tap outside to finish
iPhone / iPad	Emoji Keyboard → Live Tab	Press and hold the sticker → Tap Delete	Press and hold any sticker → Tap Rearrange → Tap ⊖ on each → Tap outside to finish
Mac	Messages App → Stickers → Live Tab	Right-click / Control-click / Two-finger click → Delete	Same method for deleting multiple stickers one by one
Mac	Emoji & Symbols → Live Tab	Right-click / Control-click / Two-finger click → Delete	Same method for deleting multiple stickers one by one

The Significance of It

• Keeps your collection of stickers neat and accessible.
• Guarantees iCloud syncing, so deleting on one device eliminates it from all
• Keeps your conversations interesting by displaying only the stickers you adore.

Wrapping It All

On every Apple device, you have the ability to manage your collection of stickers. To remove personalized stickers, clear out your digital clutter, and share only what feels authentic to you, simply follow these easy steps. I’m here to help if you ever need it with Memoji or third-party packs. Just ask!