i really dislike new emojis

https://i.imgur.com/vuh3DOK.png

this is a disaster imo. if you had never seen these emojis before and someone told you one was the original genuine emoji, and the other was the chinese knockoff - which would you think was the real deal here?

and this is just one emoji... they're all equally as terrible.... the fairy looks like a flamboyant gay workout instructor for some reason

https://i.imgur.com/fNJhbX2.png

is it really too much to ask for wizards to look like powerful wizards and not old grandmas?

Maybe like a downloadable font file or something? I looked for it on the internet with no luck

Solved! thanks to JenxxTR (BlockTurbulent8062)

You need to replace the $DownloadURL with a locally downloaded seguimj file if it cannot fetch it! It runs in powershell

<# ================================
WINDOWS 10 EMOJI UPGRADER TOOL
Retro Terminal Edition
By ChatGPT
================================ #>

# --- CONFIG ---
$BackupDir = "$env:ProgramData\EmojiFontBackup"
$FontsFolder = "$env:windir\Fonts"
$RegistryPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts"
$DownloadURL = "https://github.com/popemkt/segoe-ui-emoji/raw/main/seguiemj-15-Flat.ttf"
$DownloadedFont = "$env:TEMP\seguiemj-flat.ttf"

# --- RETRO UI HEADER ---
function Banner {
Clear-Host
Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Green
Write-Host " WINDOWS 10 → WINDOWS 11 EMOJI INSTALLER TOOL " -ForegroundColor Cyan
Write-Host " Retro Terminal Edition" -ForegroundColor DarkGreen
Write-Host "==============================================" -ForegroundColor Green
}

# --- MENU ---
function Menu {
Banner
Write-Host "`n1) Install Windows 11 Emoji Font (Flat - Compatible)"
Write-Host "2) Restore Original Windows 10 Emoji Font"
Write-Host "3) Show Installed Emoji Fonts"
Write-Host "4) Exit"
Write-Host "`nChoose option: " -NoNewline
}

# --- LIST INSTALLED EMOJI FONTS ---
function List-EmojiFonts {
Write-Host "`n[ CURRENT EMOJI FONT FILES ]" -ForegroundColor Cyan
Get-ChildItem -Path $FontsFolder -Include "*emoji*.ttf","*emoji*.otf" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object Name, FullName |
ForEach-Object {
Write-Host (" - " + $_.Name)
}
Write-Host ""
}

# --- BACKUP ORIGINAL FONTS ---
function Backup-Fonts {
Write-Host "`n[BACKUP] Saving original fonts..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
if (!(Test-Path $BackupDir)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $BackupDir | Out-Null }

Get-ChildItem -Path $FontsFolder -Include "*emoji*.ttf","*emoji*.otf" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item $_.FullName -Destination $BackupDir -Force
Write-Host (" Backed up: " + $_.Name) -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
}
}

# --- DOWNLOAD FONT ---
function Download-NewFont {
Write-Host "`n[DOWNLOAD] Fetching Windows 11 Emoji Font..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
try {
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $DownloadURL -OutFile $DownloadedFont -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
Write-Host " Download successful!" -ForegroundColor Green
return $DownloadedFont
}
catch {
Write-Host " ERROR: Failed to download the font!" -ForegroundColor Red
return $null
}
}

# --- INSTALL NEW FONT ---
function Install-Font($fontPath) {
Write-Host "`n[INSTALL] Installing new emoji font..." -ForegroundColor Cyan

try {
Copy-Item -LiteralPath $fontPath -Destination $FontsFolder -Force
Write-Host " Copied new font into Windows Fonts folder." -ForegroundColor Green
}
catch {
Write-Host " ERROR copying font: $_" -ForegroundColor Red
return
}

try {
$fileName = [IO.Path]::GetFileName($fontPath)
New-ItemProperty -Path $RegistryPath `
-Name "Segoe UI Emoji (TrueType)" `
-Value $fileName -PropertyType String -Force | Out-Null

Write-Host " Registered font in Windows registry." -ForegroundColor Green
}
catch {
Write-Host " ERROR registering font: $_" -ForegroundColor Red
}

Write-Host "`n Installation complete. Reboot recommended." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

# --- RESTORE BACKUP ---
function Restore-Backup {
Write-Host "`n[RESTORE] Restoring backup..." -ForegroundColor Yellow

if (!(Test-Path $BackupDir)) {
Write-Host " No backup found!" -ForegroundColor Red
return
}

Get-ChildItem -Path $BackupDir -Include "*.ttf","*.otf" | ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item $_.FullName -Destination $FontsFolder -Force
Write-Host (" Restored: " + $_.Name) -ForegroundColor DarkYellow
}

Write-Host "`n Restore complete. Reboot recommended." -ForegroundColor Yellow
}

# --- MAIN LOOP ---
do {
Menu
$choice = Read-Host

switch ($choice) {

"1" {
Banner
Write-Host "Installing Windows 11 Emoji Font..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
List-EmojiFonts
Backup-Fonts
$font = Download-NewFont
if ($font) { Install-Font $font }
Pause
}

"2" {
Banner
List-EmojiFonts
Restore-Backup
Pause
}

"3" {
Banner
List-EmojiFonts
Pause
}

"4" { exit }

default {
Write-Host "`nInvalid option!" -ForegroundColor Red
Pause
}
}

} while ($true)

I just bought a PC and installed windows 11 on it (I've always used windows 10 on my laptop) and I was greeted with some atrocious looking emojis

I hate everything about these and how they look, please tell me there is a way to change the set of emojis you have to something else

EDIT: I followed this forum post and it worked for me https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/change-windows-11-emoji-set.291051/

I didn't upgrade to Windows 11 from a Windows 10 computer - this was a new PC with Windows 11. When copying fonts over from my old, Windows 10 PC, I simply selected all of the fonts, got them onto my new device and installed them. However, whenever I type emojis it displays the old emojis as there are 2 versions of the Segoe UI Emoji typeface installed. My Windows isn't activated, and I can't uninstall the second font containing the old emojis from my device without using the settings app... which I need to activate Windows for. Is there any way I can delete this font without activating or is the only solution to buy a license?