System.out.println(EmojiParser.removeAllEmojis("\\xF0\\x9F\\xA4\\x8Dabc")); Continues to have the emoij characters. Please can you include to remove also these emoij characters. I am using version 5.1.1 <dependency> <groupId>com.vdurmont</groupId> <artifactId>emoji-java</artifactId> <version>5.1.1</version> </dependency>