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GIF to WhatsApp Sticker Converter
Turn a GIF, a short video or a picture into a WhatsApp sticker. Save a ready-made 512×512 GIF to your phone’s photos and pick it with Create sticker in WhatsApp—it stays animated. Or download a 512×512 animated WebP squeezed under 500 KB, with the 16 px margin and a 96×96 tray icon, for a sticker importer app on Android.
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Upload a GIF, video or image to make a WhatsApp sticker
Animations become a 512×512 animated WebP under 500 KB, pictures a still WebP under 100 KB, with WhatsApp’s 16 px margin. It’s converted in your browser (Safari, which can’t write WebP, has the frames converted on our server and not kept).
Nothing handy? Try a sample
- GIFs, videos and images
- Auto-fit under 500 KB
- 512×512 with 16 px margin
- Keeps transparency
- Tray icon included
- Phone: save a GIF, create in WhatsApp
- Batch up to 30 at once
GIF to WhatsApp sticker at a glance
Sticker Kitchen’s GIF to WhatsApp sticker converter is a free online tool. It scales a GIF, video or image to 512×512, keeps transparency, and encodes animations as a looping animated WebP—lowering quality or frame rate until it fits under 500 KB—or pictures as a still WebP under 100 KB. Trim, speed up and grab a 96×96 tray icon. No watermark, no sign-up.
- Input
- GIF, MP4/MOV/WebM video, PNG/JPG/WebP and other images
- Animated sticker
- 512×512 animated WebP, under 500 KB, up to 10 s, loops forever
- GIF version
- 512×512 GIF with the same framing, length and speed, for WhatsApp’s Create sticker on a phone—the way to an animated sticker
- Still sticker
- 512×512 WebP under 100 KB
- Batch
- Up to 30 files with one framing and speed, downloaded as a zip of .webp stickers plus the tray icon (animated and still in separate folders), or as GIFs
- Framing
- Fit whole or crop square, optional 16 px transparent margin
- Tray icon
- 96×96 PNG under 50 KB
- Price & privacy
- Free, no watermark; converted in your browser (only a .webp made in Safari is converted on our server, and not kept)
Three steps
How to convert a GIF to a WhatsApp sticker
No app needed—three steps.
- 1
Upload a GIF or video
Choose a GIF, a short clip or a picture, or drop or paste it in. No file handy? Try a sample GIF.
- 2
Adjust framing and length
Fit the whole picture or crop it square; for animations, pick where to start, how long to keep and the speed. The preview shows the sticker as it will look.
- 3
Convert and add to WhatsApp
On a phone, tap Save GIF to Photos and pick that GIF with Create sticker in WhatsApp’s sticker panel. On a computer, press Download GIF and move it to your phone’s photos first. Stickers added in WhatsApp Web or Desktop don’t move.
WhatsApp requirements
WhatsApp animated and still sticker requirements
The sticker file itself has to be a WebP like this. When you pick a GIF with Create sticker on a phone, WhatsApp converts it for you.
| Item | Animated sticker | Still sticker | Tray icon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | Animated WebP | WebP | PNG |
| Size | 512 × 512 px | 512 × 512 px | 96 × 96 px |
| File size | ≤ 500 KB | ≤ 100 KB | ≤ 50 KB |
| Length | ≤ 10 s, 2–6 s recommended | — | — |
| Frame rate | Each frame ≥ 8 ms; this tool uses 15 fps for GIFs and 10 fps for video, lower if needed to fit | — | — |
| Loop | Loops forever | — | — |
| Background | Can be transparent | Can be transparent | Can be transparent |
| Margin | 16 px transparent recommended | 16 px transparent recommended | — |
A pack holds 3–30 stickers, and animated and still stickers can’t share a pack. For a whole set of one character, use the WhatsApp sticker maker.
GIF or WebP
GIF or WebP: which one for your WhatsApp sticker?
Pick by where you’ll add the sticker. Get it wrong and the usual result is a sticker that won’t move.
Create sticker on a phone → GIF
Create sticker on Android and iPhone picks only from your photos, and only GIFs and videos stay animated. Tap Save GIF to Photos. An animated WebP ends up as a still in the iPhone photo library and is treated as a still picture on Android.
WhatsApp Web or Desktop → stills only
Create on a computer turns both GIFs and animated WebPs into still stickers, and so does dropping one into a chat or attaching it. For a moving sticker, press Download GIF and move it to your phone’s photos, or open this page on your phone. Still pictures work fine as a .webp on a computer.
Sticker importer apps → WebP
On Android, add the .webp files to a pack in an importer app (3 or more, plus the tray icon). Importer apps on iPhone mostly pick from Photos, so for animated stickers there use a GIF with Create sticker instead.
Troubleshooting
Why won’t WhatsApp accept my sticker?
These are the usual reasons—and this tool handles each one for you.
The file is too big
Animated stickers over 500 KB are rejected. The tool lowers the quality, then the frame rate, until it fits, and asks you to trim it if it still doesn’t.
It isn’t 512×512
WhatsApp only takes 512×512 squares. Other shapes are fitted inside the square, or cropped if you choose.
The animation is too long
Anything over 10 seconds is refused. Keep part of a long GIF or clip, or speed it up; 2–6 second loops are the sharpest and smallest.
It’s added but doesn’t move
Usually a .webp was picked, or the sticker was added in WhatsApp Web or Desktop. Use the GIF instead and pick it from your photos with Create sticker in WhatsApp on your phone.
It’s not in my photos
On Android the file is in the Download album of your gallery. If you shared it with Upload to Photos (Google Photos), it only went to the cloud, and other apps can’t see it.
Add to WhatsApp
How to add the sticker to WhatsApp
Pick the way that matches your device.
On your phone, right in WhatsApp (easiest)
Open this page on your phone and tap Save GIF to Photos to save a ready-made GIF. Then in any WhatsApp chat tap the sticker icon → Create sticker and pick that GIF from your photos. It stays animated, and there’s no app to install. Don’t pick a .webp here: the photo library and WhatsApp’s picker both turn it into a still.
Converted on a computer
Press Download GIF, move it to your phone’s photos with AirDrop or a cable, then create it as above. Don’t use Create in WhatsApp Web or Desktop: stickers added there don’t move (still pictures are fine).
A whole pack on Android
Use a sticker importer app (search “personal stickers for WhatsApp” on Google Play), create a pack, add at least 3 .webp stickers of one kind from your Downloads plus the tray icon, and tap Add to WhatsApp. Animated and still stickers go in separate packs.
Stickers you receive
Once you send the sticker, a friend can long-press it and add it to favorites to keep it, still animated.
FAQ
GIF to WhatsApp sticker FAQ
Is this converter free? Is there a watermark?
Yes—free and unlimited, with no sign-up and no watermark.
Can I use a GIF as a WhatsApp sticker directly?
On a phone, yes: WhatsApp’s Create sticker picks a GIF from your photos and turns it into an animated sticker. Sending a GIF into a chat is just a GIF message and never reaches your stickers. GIFs you find are often not square, too long or on a background, so crop, trim and clean them up here and save a 512×512 GIF for a neater sticker. Stickers added in WhatsApp Web or Desktop don’t move, so make animated ones on your phone.
Can I turn a video into an animated WhatsApp sticker?
Yes. Upload an MP4, MOV or WebM, pick up to 10 seconds (2–6 is best) and it becomes an animated WebP at 10 frames a second. Videos aren’t transparent; for a clear background, convert the clip to a GIF and remove the background first.
Why does my sticker look less sharp?
Animated stickers must stay under 500 KB, so busy or long GIFs lose some quality or frame rate. A shorter stretch or a simpler loop looks much sharper.
Can the background be transparent?
Yes. Anything transparent in the original stays transparent. For a GIF with a solid background, use the GIF background remover first; for a picture, the image background remover.
Why doesn’t the WebP move in my photos?
The iPhone Photos app can’t play animated WebP and keeps only the first frame. Android galleries play it, but Create sticker in WhatsApp turns it into a still. On a phone, use Save GIF to Photos; keep the WebP for Android importer apps.
Why don’t stickers I add in WhatsApp Web move?
Create in WhatsApp Web and Desktop only makes still stickers: a GIF or an animated WebP keeps a single frame, and dropping or attaching one doesn’t help. Make animated stickers on your phone: save the GIF to your photos and pick it with Create sticker in WhatsApp, or on Android add the .webp with a sticker importer app.
Does it work on iPhone?
Yes. On an iPhone, Save GIF to Photos saves a GIF, made entirely on the phone. Pick it with Create sticker in WhatsApp and it stays animated. The iPhone photo library can’t play animated WebP and keeps only a still, so skip the .webp there. If you do need the .webp, Safari can’t write WebP itself, so its frames are converted on our server and discarded straight away.
Can I make a whole pack at once?
Yes. Pick several files (up to 30) to switch to batch mode: one framing and speed for all, then on a computer a zip of numbered .webp stickers plus the 96×96 tray icon, with animated and still stickers in separate folders since WhatsApp won’t mix them in a pack. On a phone they download one by one, ready for an importer app to pick from Downloads. Anything over 10 seconds keeps its start; convert it on its own to choose another stretch. To get 16 stickers of one character from a photo, use the AI WhatsApp sticker maker.
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