diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e42e2206a3..861b0cea6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🐛(frontend) make summary button fixed to remain visible during scroll #1581
 - 🐛(frontend) fix pdf embed to use full width #1526
 - 🐛(pdf) fix table cell alignment issue in exported documents #1582
+- 🐛(frontend) prevent duplicate emoji when used as first character in t… #1595
 
 ## [3.9.0] - 2025-11-10
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-header/components/DocTitle.tsx b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-header/components/DocTitle.tsx
index 33905caa73..d99a3ee287 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-header/components/DocTitle.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-header/components/DocTitle.tsx
@@ -122,15 +122,22 @@ const DocTitleInput = ({ doc }: DocTitleProps) => {
       if (isTopRoot) {
         const sanitizedTitle = updateDocTitle(doc, inputText);
         setTitleDisplay(sanitizedTitle);
+        return sanitizedTitle;
       } else {
-        const sanitizedTitle = updateDocTitle(
-          doc,
-          emoji ? `${emoji} ${inputText}` : inputText,
-        );
+        const { emoji: pastedEmoji } = getEmojiAndTitle(inputText);
+        const textPreservingPastedEmoji = pastedEmoji
+          ? `\u200B${inputText}`
+          : inputText;
+        const finalTitle = emoji
+          ? `${emoji} ${textPreservingPastedEmoji}`
+          : textPreservingPastedEmoji;
+
+        const sanitizedTitle = updateDocTitle(doc, finalTitle);
         const { titleWithoutEmoji: sanitizedTitleWithoutEmoji } =
           getEmojiAndTitle(sanitizedTitle);
 
         setTitleDisplay(sanitizedTitleWithoutEmoji);
+        return sanitizedTitleWithoutEmoji;
       }
     },
     [updateDocTitle, doc, emoji, isTopRoot],
diff --git a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-management/utils.ts b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-management/utils.ts
index 2d43b68fc2..9e7bef554d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-management/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/apps/impress/src/features/docs/doc-management/utils.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ export const getEmojiAndTitle = (title: string) => {
   // Use emoji-regex library for comprehensive emoji detection compatible with ES5
   const regex = emojiRegex();
 
-  // Check if the title starts with an emoji
-  const match = title.match(regex);
+  // Ignore leading spaces when checking for a leading emoji
+  const leadingSpacesLength = title.match(/^\s+/)?.[0]?.length ?? 0;
+  const trimmedStart = title.slice(leadingSpacesLength);
+  const match = trimmedStart.match(regex);
 
-  if (match && title.startsWith(match[0])) {
+  if (match && trimmedStart.startsWith(match[0])) {
     const emoji = match[0];
-    const titleWithoutEmoji = title.substring(emoji.length).trim();
+    const titleWithoutEmoji = trimmedStart.substring(emoji.length).trim();
     return { emoji, titleWithoutEmoji };
   }