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Boost WhatsApp Web Typing with the 10 Best Tips & Tricks

Learn how to get the most out of WhatsApp Web

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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WhatsApp is the world’s mostpopular messaging appused by billion of people around the world and has become the primary way people communicate online for certain regions.

Among thedifferent forms of WhatsApp, the browser version is arguably the most overlooked. Although it’s the least robust, WhatsApp Web is still a handy tool to have for browsers.

What are the benefits of WhatsApp Web?

Like on desktop and mobile, WhatsApp Web as a service stilloffers a great messaging experienceeven if it’s not as robust. Below is a short list of why you should use WhatsApp Web.

There are tons of tips and tricks for WhatsApp Web so we’re going to only list the top 10 so you can get the most out of the service.

The list will cover keyboard shortcuts to speed up typing and browser extensions that enhance the user experience.

What are the 10 best tips and tricks for WhatsApp Web?

1. Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly access features

WhatsApp has a variety of keyboard shortcuts to help browser users utilize certain features in a much faster way than dragging the mouse over and clicking through a bunch of menus.

The added benefit of WhatsApp on mobile is you literally have everything at your fingertips so it’s much faster to pull off the app’s functions. The list is by no means extensive.

The full list can be found on WhatsApp’s website. The commands shown earlier are a collection of the better ones.

2. Enter Emoji shortcuts for quick reactions

It can be tricky to find the right emoji. Instead of trying and failing over and over, you can find the entire list ofEmoji shortcuts for WhatsApp web on Github.

There you will find every single keyword for all 1,514 Emojis.

3. Change font on WhatsApp

If you’re looking for a way to completely change the font style on WhatsApp Web, you’re out of luck, unfortunately.

On WhatsApp for mobile and desktop, you can download font apps that change the look. Apps or browser extensions made specifically to change WhatsApp’s font aren’t available.

There are some, likeFont Changer, for Google Chrome, but we had a tricky time setting it up. It also doesn’t work on Opera. And Firefox’s extensions library doesn’t have anything either.

Other changes to the WhatsApp Web font revolve around changing the format of the messages themselves.

4. Format messages

Common keyboard shortcuts likeCTRL+Bto bold text orCTRL+Ito italicize don’t work on WhatsApp Web. You will have to use thespecial formatting commands.

5. Add superscript on WhatsApp

WhatsApp Web supports both superscript and subscript characters which are smaller-size text to the top right or bottom right of a word. They’re most often seen in mathematical expressions or formulas.

Most people add an arrow pointing up or down to signify superscript or subscript but it is possible to add these characters to WhatsApp using some special websites.

You have websites like Tiny Text Generator and LingoJam to create either script. From there, you can copy and paste the special characters to WhatsApp.

6. Create an extra line with Enter

In the WhatsApp text box, press theShiftandEnterkeys at the same time to add another line without sending the message to the other person.

7. Enable or disable disappearing messages

WhatApp’s Disappearing Messages will go after forever after a set period of time. You can choose from 24 hours to a week to a month and a half.

8. Schedule messages on desktop

There are different extensions and apps that can schedule messages for WhatsApp Web. But for the most part, Blueticks is the most widely used and recommended.

Also, be aware Blueticks is only available through the Chrome Web Store so it’ll work on the aforementioned Chrome browser and Opera, but nowhere else.

9. Manage audio messages with Zapp

Like Blueticks from the previous solution, Zapp is only available through the Chrome Web Store.

10. Get background notifications with WAToolkit

The notifications will appear in the WAToolkit extension icon in the upper right-hand corner of the browser. From our experience, WAToolkit appears to work best with Google Chrome.

On Opera, the extension is pretty spotty. The notifications don’t always come through.

Is there a specific browser that works best with WhatsApp Web?

Despite having some problems with WAToolkit, Opera is arguably still thebest browser to use with WhatsApp Web. Most of the Chrome extensions work and WhatsApp comes integrated with Opera.

On the side, there is a WhatsApp tab that’s basically the web version. Besides Opera, Chrome is also really good thanks to its tab management features and Firefox is a decent choice too.

We also recommend checking out our guide on thebest WhatsApp extensions for sending bulk messagesthroughout the day. You have the likes of WAPSender to send curated messages.

There’s also WA Self Sender on Microsoft Edge that can delay WhatsApp messages so they send out at a certain time.

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions about other WhatsApp tricks or if you know of one that we left out.

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Boost WhatsApp Web Typing with the 10 Best Tips & Tricks#

What are the benefits of WhatsApp Web?#

What are the 10 best tips and tricks for WhatsApp Web?#

1. Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly access features#

2. Enter Emoji shortcuts for quick reactions#

3. Change font on WhatsApp#

4. Format messages#

5. Add superscript on WhatsApp#

6. Create an extra line with Enter#

7. Enable or disable disappearing messages#

8. Schedule messages on desktop#

9. Manage audio messages with Zapp#

10. Get background notifications with WAToolkit#

Is there a specific browser that works best with WhatsApp Web?#