HOW TO USE EMOTES IN GTA ONLINE
July 28, 2022
Fortnite might have popularised emotes in modern video games, but GTA Online, which has been around for nearly a decade, has had emotes in some form or another ever since it first launched.
Admittedly, in GTA Online, these are not called emotes, but rather ‘character actions’, and whilst there are nowhere near as many as many contemporary games like Fortnite or Apex Legends it does steadily add more with every major update.
For everything, you need to know about emotes, including how to use them in GTA Online, read on.
How To Select Emotes In GTA Online
To select your chosen emote in GTA Online, just follow the step-by-step guide just below:
- Open the GTA Online interaction menu. You can access this menu by pressing M on PC, holding down the touch pad on PS4 and PS5, and holding the View button on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. hold back button on console/M on PC
- Scroll down the menu and select ‘Style’
- In the Style menu, scroll down to ‘Action’ and here is where you can select the emote you want stored as your quickplay action
- Once you back out of the interaction menu your emote selection will be saved
How To Use Emotes In GTA Online
To use your chosen emote in GTA Online, just follow the step-by-step guide just below:
- To emote, you need to press the quickplay action button.
- On PC the quickplay action button is the cap lock key, whilst on PlayStation and Xbox consoles you press the L3+R3 thumbsticks to perform a quickplay action.
- All emotes also have an exaggerated emote too. Players need to press, double tap or hold the quickplay action buttons to alter how your character performs this action/emote.
You can see an example of these exaggerated emote actions on the below video.
GTA Online Character Actions List
Below is a list of all the emotes (character actions) players can use in GTA Online. Any actions that use consumables (smoking, eating and drinking) require the player to also have the respective product in their inventory.
Original release
- The Bird (middle finger)
- Rock
- Salute
- Jerk (jerk off)
- Dance
- Smoke
- Drink eCola
- Drink Pisswasser*
- Eat snack
- Crew Action (Bro Love, The Bird, Jerk, Up Yours)
- None
Valentine’s Day Massacre Special
- Blow Kiss
The Business Update
- Air Thrusting
- Dock
- Knuckle Crunch
- Slow Clap
The High Life Update
- Facepalm
- Thumbs Up
- Jazz Hands
- Nose Pick
I’m Not a Hipster Update
- Air Guitar
- Wave
- Surrender
- Shush
- Photography
- DJ
- Air Synth
Lowriders
- No Way (finger wave)
- Chicken Taunt
- Chin Brush
Halloween Surprise
- Freakout
- Thumbs in Ears
Lowriders: Custom Classics
- Finger Kiss
- Peace
- You Loco
After Hours
- Banging Tunes Left
- Banging Tunes
- Banging Tunes Right
- Oh Snap
- Cats Cradle
- Raise The Roof
- Find The Fish
- Salsa Roll
- Heart Pumping
- Uncle Disco
Arena War
- Make It Rain – Performing this action deducts $1,000 in cash from the player’s account
- Drink Champagne
The Diamond Casino & Resort
- Cry Baby
- Cut Throat
- Karate Chop
- Shadow Boxing
- The Woogie
- Stinker
The Diamond Casino Heist
- Air Drums
- Call Me
- Coin Roll and Toss
- Bang Bang
- Respect
- Mind Blown
The Cayo Perico Heist
- Crowd Invitation
- Driver
- Runner
- Shooting
- Suck It
- Take Selfie
That’s everything you need to know about emotes in GTA Online. If you’re looking for more GTA guides then follow the links below for more helpful tips, tricks, and explainers.
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