How to Enlarge Emoji on WhatsApp

Co-authored by Travis Boylls Reviewed by Candace Gasper

Last Updated: September 15, 2024

You can enlarge emojis on Whatsapp... sort of. While you can't make an emoji you post within a line of text larger, you can post a larger emoji by itself without any text. You can also use emoji stickers to post large emojis. Stickers are significantly larger than standard emojis. You can add emoji sticker packs to WhatsApp. This wikiHow teaches you how to post large emojis on WhatsApp.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Posting Larger Emojis

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Open WhatsApp. It has a green icon with an outline of a white speech bubble with a phone in the middle. Tap the icon on your Home screen or Apps menu to open WhatsApp.
- If your WhatsApp account isn't verified on your phone, you'll first need to confirm your number before continuing.
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Tap Chats . This tab is either at the bottom of the screen (iPhone) or at the top of the screen (Android).
- If WhatsApp opens to a conversation, first tap the "Back" button in the top-left corner of the screen to return to the main screen.
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Tap the name of the contact you are having a conversation with to open the conversation. Alternatively, you can tap the green icon with a text bubble and select a contact to start a new conversation.
It's at the bottom of the screen. Doing so will bring up your phone's keyboard.
On an iPhone, tap the smiley face in the lower-left corner of the keyboard. You may first have to press and hold the globe icon here to prompt the smiley face icon to show. On Android, either tap the smiley face icon on the keyboard or press and hold the "Enter" button.
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Post an emoji with no text. Tap an emoji to add it to the line of text. If you post an emoji with text, it will appear as it's normal size. However, there are three different sizes for emojis that are posted without text, depending on how many emojis you post at once. They are as follows:
- 1 emoji - Sending one emoji and nothing else will present the largest emoji possible.
- 2 emoji - Sending two emoji and nothing else will result in slightly smaller emoji than if you sent only one.
- 3 emoji - Sending three emoji and nothing else will result in emoji that are only slightly larger than emoji sent with accompanying text.
- 4 emoji and up - Sending four or more emoji will result in emoji that are the same size as they would be if you sent them with text.
It's a paper plane-shaped icon on the far-right side of the text box, though some Android versions have a checkmark here instead. Doing so will send your enlarged emoji.

Method 2

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Using Stickers on Android

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Open WhatsApp. It's a green app with a white outline of a speech bubble on it.
- If WhatsApp isn't verified on your phone, you'll first need to confirm your number before continuing.
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Tap Chats . It is the first tab at the top of the screen.
- If WhatsApp opens to a conversation, first tap the "Back" button in the top-left corner of the screen.
Tap the name of the contact you are having a conversation with to open the conversation. Alternatively, you can tap the green icon with a text bubble and select a contact to start a new conversation.
It's at the bottom of the screen; doing so will bring up your phone's keyboard.
It's the icon that resembles a smiley face. It's on the left side of the text bar.
It's the icon that resembles a sheet of paper. It's at the bottom of the list of emojis.
It's at the top of the list of stickers on the right side of the screen. This displays a list of sticker packs that are available on your phone as well as additional sticker packs that are available.
This displays Whatsapp sticker apps in the Google Play Store.
This displays the information page for the app. It also displays options for downloading the app.
This downloads the app to your iPhone or Android phone.
Once the app finishes downloading, tap Open in the App Store or Google Play Store to open the store.
Each app is going to be a little different. Some have categorized packs you can add to WhatsApp. Some may allow you to make your own pack by selecting which stickers you want to add. Find the option to add the sticker pack to WhatsApp and tap it.
Tap WhatsApp on your Home screen and tap the conversation you were in.
Tap the emoji icon next to the text field and then tap the sticker icon.
This displays the stickers in the pack.
This posts the sticker in the WhatsApp chat.

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Using Stickers on iPhone

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It has a blue icon with a white capital "A". Tap the App Store icon on your Home screen to open the App Store.
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Search for sticker apps for Whatsapp. You can use apps to install new sticker packs for Whatsapp. Some apps are free and some have a fee. Use the following steps to search sticker apps for Whatsapp.
- Tap the Search icon.
- Tap the search bar.
- Type "Stickers for Whatsapp" in the search bar.
- Tap Search .
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Tap GET next to a stickers app you want to install. This will install the app on your iPhone.
- Not all sticker apps have emoji stickers. You may need to try a few different apps to get all the stickers you want.
This will open the app. Alternatively, you can tap the app icon on your Home screen to open the app.
Each app is going to be a little different. Some have categorized packs you can add to WhatsApp. Some may allow you to make your own pack by selecting which stickers you want to add. Find the option to add the sticker pack to WhatsApp and tap it. Follow the instructions to add the sticker pack to Whatsapp.
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Open WhatsApp. It's a green app with a white outline of a speech bubble on it.
- If WhatsApp isn't verified on your phone, you'll first need to confirm your number before continuing.
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Tap Chats . It's the first tab at the bottom of the screen.
- If WhatsApp opens to a conversation, first tap the "Back" button in the top-left corner of the screen.
Tap the name of the contact you are having a conversation with to open the conversation. Alternatively, you can tap the green icon with a text bubble and select a contact to start a new conversation.
It's the icon that resembles a sheet of paper. It's within the text field at the bottom of the screen.
This displays the stickers in the pack.
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Tap a sticker. This posts the sticker in the WhatsApp chat.