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How to edit photos and videos
Android
iPhone
Web and Desktop
WhatsApp allows you to personalize your photos by adding stickers, emoji, text, and freehand drawings.
Edit photos
Attach a photo or video
- Click next to the text field.
- To take a new photo with your webcam, click >.You can click Retake if you want to take a new photo to replace the one you’ve just taken.
- To use an existing photo or video, click Photos & Videos and choose one from your Gallery.
Click Plusto attach additional photos or videos.
- Start editing your photo.
Crop or rotating a photo
- Click
- To crop a photo, click and drag any of the handles in or out to the desired size.
- To rotate a photo to the left or right, click or.
- To Undo or Redo a change you’ve made to the photo, click oras many times as needed.
- To revert the photo to the original size and rotation, click Reset.
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
Add emoji or stickers
- Click Emojior Stickers.
- Click an item you’d like to use.
- To move the item, click and hold it, then drag it to a different location on the photo.
- To resize the item, click it, then click and hold the handle in the corner of the box, and drag it in or out to make it smaller or larger.
- To rotate the item, click it, then click and hold the handle at the top of the box, and drag it in a circle.
- To delete an item, click it, then click .
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
Add text
- Click Text .
- Type the desired text in the text box.
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
- To delete the text, click the text box, then click .
Change the appearance of your text
- Click the text box.
- To change the font, click the Font selectorbelow your photo.
- To change the text color, select one of the colors below your picture.You can choose a custom color by clicking the Color Selectorand dragging the square to a color.
- To resize the text, drag the handle in the corner of the text box, in or out to make it smaller or larger.
- To rotate the text, click and drag the handle at the top of the text box, in a circle.
- To move the text, click and drag the textbox to a new location on the picture.
- Click Background to remove or add the background in the text box.
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
Note: You can also select the font and color before adding your text.
Draw on your photograph
- Click
- To change the pen color, click one of the colors below your picture.You can choose a custom color by clicking the Color Selectorand dragging the square to a color.
- To change the pen thickness, click one of the three gray circles .
- Click and hold anywhere on the photograph, and drag to make freehanded drawings.
- To delete a line immediately after you’ve drawn it, click .
- Clicking adds the line or drawing back to the photo.
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
Note: You can also select the pen color and thickness before adding your drawing.
Blur all or part of a photo
- Click
- To move the blurred area, drag the box to a new location of the picture.
- To resize it, drag any of the handles in or out to make it smaller or larger.
- You can change blur effect by clicking the Blur Selectorbelow your photo.
- To decrease or increase the amount of blur move the Sliderto the left or right.
- Click Done when you’ve finished.
- To remove the blur effect, click it, then click .
Send your media
Once you’ve finished editing your media, click Send
.

Related resources
How to send media: Web & Desktop