How to Create a Status on WhatsApp: Step-by-Step Guide

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Last Updated: February 4, 2023

This wikiHow teaches you how to add a new update to your status on WhatsApp. Every status you create will be available for your contacts to view for 24 hours.

Steps

1
Open WhatsApp Messenger. The WhatsApp icon looks like a green box with a white speech balloon and a telephone in it.
2
Tap the Status button.
- On an iPhone, this button looks like a circle with three curved lines around, and it will be located in the lower-left corner of your screen.
- On Android, this button will be at the top of your screen next to Chats.
- If WhatsApp opens up to a conversation, tap the back button in the upper-left corner.
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3
Tap the Add Status button in the upper-right corner of your screen. This button looks like a circle with a "+" sign on it.
4
Create your Status. Tap the white circle at the bottom of your screen to take a picture, or hold it down to record video.
- You can also select a photo or video from your Camera Roll at the bottom of your screen to add it to your Status.
5
Edit your Status. Use WhatsApp's tools to add text, emoji, and drawings on your Status update.
- Tap the Pencil icon in the upper-right corner to make colorful drawings on your Status update.
- Tap the T icon to add text. You can make your text any color or size, and you can move it around to put it anywhere.
- Tap the Smiley icon to add emoji. You can add any emoji from your keyboard's library.
- Tap the Crop button next to the smiley icon to crop up any part of your Status update.
6
Tap the Send button. It looks like a tiny paper plane in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will add this update to your Status.