iPhone sticker guide

Your stickers are inside Messages.

Downloaded sticker packs do not appear in the Emoji keyboard, and many sticker apps do not have a regular standalone screen. Follow these four steps to find and use your stickers.

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Four simple steps

How to send a sticker

  1. 01

    Open a conversation in Messages

    Open the Messages app on your iPhone, then start a new message or select an existing conversation.

    A new conversation open in the iPhone Messages app, with the plus button beside the message field
  2. 02

    Tap +, then tap Stickers

    Tap the plus button beside the message field. In the menu that appears, choose Stickers.

    The Messages plus menu open with the Stickers option visible
  3. 03

    Choose your sticker pack

    Use the row of icons at the top of the sticker drawer to find the sticker pack you downloaded, then tap its icon.

    The iMessage sticker drawer showing a downloaded dog sticker pack selected in the icon row
  4. 04

    Tap a sticker and send it

    Tap the sticker you want. It will appear in the message field—tap the send arrow to share it.

    A dog sticker ready to send in an iPhone Messages conversation

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