How to change your wallpaper

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WhatsApp allows you to personalize your chats by changing your wallpaper. You can change your wallpaper for all chats, or set a wallpaper for a specific chat. You can also choose wallpapers specific to dark or light modes, and dim your dark mode wallpaper.

Change wallpaper for all chats

  1. Tap More options
    more options
    > Settings > Chats > Wallpaper.
    • Alternatively, you can open a chat > tap More options
      more options
      > Wallpaper.
    • If you’re using dark mode, you can use the slider to dim your current wallpaper.
  2. Tap Change.
  3. Select a wallpaper category, then select the image you want to set as your wallpaper.
    • You can tap Default Wallpaper to restore WhatsApp’s default wallpaper.
  4. Tap Set Wallpaper.

Change wallpaper for a specific chat

  1. Open the chat you want to change the wallpaper for.
  2. Tap More options
    more options
    > Wallpaper.
    • If you’re using dark mode, you can use the slider to dim your current wallpaper.
  3. Select a wallpaper category, then select the image you want to set as your wallpaper.
    • You can tap Default Wallpaper to restore WhatsApp’s default wallpaper, or Remove custom wallpaper.
  4. Tap Set Wallpaper > For this chat “{name}” > OK.

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