public static String filterEmoji(String source) { if (source != null) { Pattern emoji = Pattern.compile("[\ud83c\udc00-\ud83c\udfff]|[\ud83d\udc00-\ud83d\udfff]|[\u2600-\u27ff]|[\ue001-\ue537]", Pattern.UNICODE_CASE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE); Matcher emojiMatcher = emoji.matcher(source); if (emojiMatcher.find()) { source = emojiMatcher.replaceAll(""); return source; } return source; } return source; }