WhatsApp offers its users the ability to customize the backgrounds of chats, either all at once or chat by chat. Whether you want to change your background for a functional purpose (a plain background to make messages easier to read) or for aesthetic purposes (a festive background on a group chat for holiday party planning), it can be done in just a few steps.
Here's how to change your WhatsApp wallpaper for all chats and for specific chats on both iPhone and Android.
1. Open WhatsApp. If you have an iPhone, tap the Settings tab at the bottom-right of the screen. If you have an Android, tap the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the screen, then tap Settings.
2. Tap Chats.
This method changes the backgrounds of all WhatsApp chats in one fell swoop. Abigail Abesamis Demarest3. Tap Chat Wallpaper.
Tap here to look through the many preset wallpapers available on WhatsApp or to choose your own photo.
Abigail Abesamis Demarest 4. Tap to choose a Wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
5. On the Preview page, tap Cancel to keep browsing or Set to choose the wallpaper as your background for all chats.
On this page, you can preview wallpapers before committing to one. Abigail Abesamis DemarestQuick tip: On Android phones, you can set your background to dark mode from within WhatsApp.
If you have an iPhone, WhatsApp will only be in dark mode if it is enabled in your system settings.
You can further customize your WhatsApp experience by having different wallpapers for different chats.
On Android:1. In WhatsApp, open the chat you want to change the wallpaper for.
2. At the top of the chat, tap the three-dot icon. Tap Wallpaper.
3. Tap to choose a wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
On iPhone:1. In WhatsApp, open the chat you want to change the wallpaper for.
2. At the top of the chat, tap the group name.
Tap the group name to get more information and make changes to a chat.
Abigail Abesamis Demarest 3. Tap Wallpaper & Sound.
From here, the process of choosing a wallpaper is the same as the previous section. Abigail Abesamis Demarest4. Tap to choose a wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
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By Max Freeman-Mills
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You can finally customise your WhatsApp chats individually - here's how.
WhatsAppAs long as WhatsApp has been around, there have been people clamouring for the ability to go a step further when customising their experience. While the messaging app has long let you change the background that appears behind your messages, that's always been a single wallpaper for all your chats.
Now that's finally changed - WhatsApp is rolling out an update that lets you set a custom wallpaper for each of your chats, along with a whole bunch more wallpapers to choose from as well as your own images.
If you've got the latest version of the app downloaded, you should soon be able to follow the steps below to give each of your chats a more distinctive flavour. We've also included details on how to set a different wallpaper for when your phone's in dark mode.
Note, though, that this feature isn't applied in all regions - for example, you can't change your wallpaper per chat on iOS in the UK at present.
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Read below how to change the background in WhatsApp. Follow our instructions and put your color, picture or photo on iPhone, Android in the chat. Change the screen in all chats and find out if it can be set in individual messages and conversations.
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First, let's look at how to change the background in WhatsApp on Android.
There are several options for the operation.
Choose how you want to change the background in WhatsApp. You can make it default by touching the corresponding option. Or download a wallpaper pack from the messenger itself by clicking on "Library". You can make the fill a solid color, there are 27 shades to choose from.
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If you decide to put a photo on the background on WhatsApp, select the word "Gallery". After that mark a picture or a picture from your phone memory.
You can refuse to decorate the screen at all, for this there is the "No wallpaper" position. nine0003
The main thing, having made your choice, is not to forget to save it. At the bottom of the screen on the right, click on the "Install" button.
If two options are not enough, try another way to change the background in WhatsApp. nine0003
Download the additional application. For Android, look for it in the Play Market:
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If your device has an iOS operating system, changing the wallpaper in WhatsApp is also easy. You can apply any methods, as for Android, but there are minor differences.
Consider how to change the background in WhatsApp on iPhone in the application settings:
We will explain how Whatsapp is written in English at the link.
The second way to change the wallpaper is through a chat:
The third way is to install third-party applications. For iOS devices only, they are searched and downloaded from the App Store. Use the search and then follow the program's prompts to change your WhatsApp wallpaper. nine0003
The instruction is very simple and differs little from those provided above. Well, let's get started?
Ready! Now you can easily change the background in WhatsApp on iPhone, Android and PC using one of the instructions above. But there is another popular question, how to change the background in messages in WhatsApp. Is it possible to set a different wallpaper for each chat or even a single message? Unfortunately, there is no such feature in WhatsApp yet. It doesn't matter where you change the background: in the settings or in the chat - the changes will affect the entire correspondence. So if you want to separate work and friend chats by color, nothing will work. But WhatsApp is working on it. See all settings on Android Whatsapp in another review. nine0003
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many new features. One of the latest among them was the ability to set different wallpapers for different chats in WhatsApp.
Thanks to this, you can set any chat wallpaper you want. You can even attach selfies or other photos to any contact's chat with you. nine0003
The new WhatsApp feature is available for both iPhone and Android smartphones.
How to set the wallpaper for chat in Android version of WhatsApp
1. Please update WhatsApp to the latest version.
2. Launch the application and open the chat where you want to change the wallpaper.
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and go to the "Wallpaper" section. nine0003
4. Here you will see the wallpaper for the default theme. Click on the "Edit" button and you'll be presented with a selection of bright, dark, and solid colors, as well as the option to select photos from the Gallery.
5. Select a wallpaper and click the Set Wallpaper button in the preview window.
Select the desired option. nine0003
The wallpaper you have applied for each chat will remain even if you apply a shared wallpaper from WhatsApp settings.
How to set WhatsApp Chat Wallpaper on iPhone
There is a completely different method to set Chat Wallpaper on iPhone:
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2. Launch the app on your iPhone and open the chat where you want to change the wallpaper. nine0003
3. Tap a contact to open the chat settings.
4. In the contact settings you will find the "Wallpaper and sound" parameter, click on it and you will see a list of available wallpapers. Select the desired wallpaper and click "Install".
Here you can also set your own wallpaper from your gallery.
That's all you need to do to set your WhatsApp wallpaper on a per-chat basis.
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