This research was aimed to know the important of understanding the students’ Emotional Quotient (EQ) in online learning and to know how students’ Emotional Quotient (EQ) was affected in online learning. The researchers applied descriptive qualitative method to explore how the students’ emotional quotient (EQ) was affected in online learning. The data was collected through a questionnaire, observation, and interview. The sample of this study were 27 students from 215 tenth grader students at SMA IT AL-ISHLAH Maros. Based on the results of data analysis, the researchers found that it was important to understanding the students’ Emotional Quotient (EQ) in online learning. The research findings also indicated that students’ Emotional Quotient (EQ) was affected in online learning at SMA IT AL ISHLAH Maros. The Emotional Quotient of the second-grade students at SMA IT AL ISHLAH Maros was considered good category. Overall, online learning allows for learning to occur in a setting that is not restricted by place or time. Online learning has the ability to disassemble barriers that have been constructed by poverty, location, disability, as well as other factors such as the condition of the covid-19 pandemic.