If you own an iPhone, you’ve undoubtedly created a Memoji. Apple launched customized avatars in 2018 and has continued to add more capabilities since then. With iOS 16, Apple added additional haircuts, hats, and postures to your Memoji.

Memojis may be utilized in apps such as Messages and Facetime. You may use them as stickers on your communications or to send animated greetings to friends and family.

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Want to join the fun? Here’s how to make your own Memoji.

How to Create Your Memoji
1. Open your Messages app.

2. Tap the Stickers icon, which has three cartoon faces on it.

3. Select the three dots (…) on the left side of the screen.

4. Tap New Memoji to see the customizing options.

At the top of your screen, you should see a bald yellow avatar. The choices below your avatar allow you to modify your skin, hairstyle, brows, eyes, head, nose, mouth, ears, facial hair, eyewear, headwear, and clothing. Tap through these choices to personalize your Memoji. When you’ve completed, tap Done in the upper right corner.

You can now share your Memoji as a sticker in Messages, an Animoji (an animated voice recording), or utilize it on FaceTime.

Two blue Memoji avatars.
Make your Memoji blue, purple, or virtually any other hue.
Screenshots by Jason Cipriani for CNET.
You are not restricted to a single Memoji, either. You can.

These instructions will allow you to create as many avatars as you desire. If you’re feeling down one day, you can create a Memoji that matches your mood.

How to Edit or Delete an Old Memoji
Just because you made a Memoji does not mean you have to keep to it. You may either change or erase your Memoji and start over. Here is how.

1. Open your Messages app.

Stickers and animoji symbols on a red box
Stickers (left) and Animoji (right) icons appear directly above the keyboard in Messages.
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2. Tap either the Stickers or Memoji icon, which contains one cartoon face.

3. Select the avatar you wish to change or delete.

4. tap the three dots.

(…) to the left of either menu.

Tap Edit to return to the Memoji customisation menu. When you’re finished, tap Done. To erase your Memoji, touch erase, then Delete Again.

How to Use Your Memoji
Once you’ve perfected your Memoji, you may utilize it in a variety of ways. Here’s how to apply your Memoji as a sticker.

1. Open your Messages app.

2. Tap the sticker bubble. Your Memoji will appear in a variety of stances, such as giving a thumbs up or with birds fluttering over its head.

3. Tap the sticker you’d want to send. You may send your sticker on its own or with a note.

4. Press the transmit button, and that’s

it!

Here’s how you can transmit your Memoji as an Animoji.

1. Open your Messages app.

2. Tap the Memoji bubble.

3. Bring your face into view of the camera and press the Record button in the lower left corner.

4. When you are finished, tap the Stop button. You can record a message for up to 30 seconds before it turns off.

5. If you are satisfied with your message, press the Send button. You may also press the trash can symbol to erase the message and create a new one.

Here’s how to utilize Memoji on FaceTime.

1. Open FaceTime and initiate a call.

2. Once the call begins, touch the star-shaped Effects button.

3. Select the Memoji you wish to utilize.

Now, your Memoji