Make a fake WhatsApp chat in seven steps
Open the WhatsApp look
Open the fake WhatsApp chat generator. WhatsApp is already picked in the Phone switch next to the preview, and Theme switches between light and dark.
Set the contact and the line under the name
In the People tab, type the contact name and tap the circle to add a photo; it stays on your device. Under the name, pick Online, Last seen, Typing or None. Last seen has its own text field, so you can write today at 9:12 PM or yesterday at 11:40 PM.
Type the messages
In the Messages tab, type in the box at the bottom and press Me for your side or Them for theirs. Each card has a sender button to flip it, Move up and Move down, Duplicate and Delete, and a handle to drag it.
Set the ticks
Open Details on one of your messages and pick Sent ✓ for one grey tick, Delivered ✓✓ for two grey ticks or Read (blue) for two blue ticks. You only set it where the status changes: a message with no setting copies the next one below it that has one, and with nothing below it shows as read, like an older message.
Add times and date chips
Every WhatsApp bubble shows a time. Type it in Details under Time on the bubble. A message without its own time repeats the one above it, so set a new time only where it changes. Press the calendar button to add a date chip and type Today, Yesterday or a date.
Make it a group (optional)
Switch Chat type to Group, type a group name and add up to eight people. Each person’s name shows in its own color above their first message in a run, and the header lists everyone, ending with You. When the typing bubble belongs to someone, the header says [name] is typing….
Set the status bar and download
In the Status bar tab, set the clock, signal, Wi-Fi and battery. Then press Download PNG for a 1206 × 2622 image, or Copy. Set Screenshot height to Fit all messages if you want the whole chat in one tall image.
How to make it look real
- End the chat the way the header says: typing… with the typing bubble at the bottom, online during a fast back-and-forth, last seen when they have gone quiet.
- Give blue ticks only to messages the other person has read, and leave your newest ones on grey if they have not seen them yet.
- Add a date chip when the chat crosses midnight. Today and Yesterday are what WhatsApp shows for recent days.
- Set the status bar clock a little after the last message time.
- Put an emoji reaction on the one message that earns it. A reaction shows under the bubble, as on WhatsApp.
- In a group, keep people talking over each other and let one or two stay quiet. That is how most group chats look.
Mistakes that give a fake WhatsApp chat away
A header that argues with the ticks
Last seen yesterday at the top and two blue ticks on a message from a minute ago do not fit together. Read ticks mean they opened the chat after you sent it.
Read or Delivered written out
WhatsApp shows ticks on the bubble, never a Read label under it. That label belongs to an iPhone text thread.
Every message at the same minute
A long chat where every bubble says 9:41 looks pasted. Move the times along as the conversation goes.
What people make with it
Storytime videos and skits, group-chat jokes with a cast of friends, film and video props, product mockups that show a support or booking chat, and examples for teaching people how WhatsApp scams look.
It stays fiction. It may not be passed off as a real chat, used as evidence or used to pretend to be a real person or business. The rules are at /acceptable-use.