Let’s clarify once and for all about the much talked about WhatsApp middle finger emoticon . The symbol exists but few can find it. Here’s how to do it.

WhatsApp middle finger emoticon is available on both iPhone and Android and other devices. To get them, just follow some steps that we examine in detail below.

Meanwhile, if you want to get information on the meaning of WhatsApp symbols, you can consult this complete guide to emoticons .

The discovery of the middle finger on WhatsApp

The secret emoji was discovered by Stephen Wilkinson , a Staffordshire University criminology student who posted the news on Twitter.

Subsequently, the credibility of the information disseminated was confirmed by the Metro newspaper , which “found” where the now famous emoticon is hiding.

Do you want to find out where he is hiding too?

Here are the steps to follow:

1) First of all you need to download Whatsapp on your PC

2) Rename the file with .zip extension to be able to open it

3) Open and go to Res file -> drawable-HPDI-v4

4) Here we are. The middle finger emoji is cleverly hidden under the file named ‘st1f595’.

How to install middle finger emjoi on WhatsApp on Android

Let’s see now how to use the middle finger emoji on your Android smartphone Unfortunately, it is not possible to have the middle finger emoticon always available on your keyboard, but you must copy and paste the icon whenever you want to send it. To insert the middle finger in a WhatsApp message, you need to go to the Emojipedia site and copy / paste the emoticon from the site to the text of the message you want to send.

Ps to use this emoji you need to have downloaded the latest version of WhatsApp on your phone.

How to insert the middle finger of WhatsApp also on the iPhone

Important news for middle finger fans on WhatsApp. A simple trick has appeared on several websites to have this particular emoticon on iOS devices as well . A way to “deflect” the restrictions imposed by Apple.

There are two different ways to have the middle finger emoji on iPhone too. Let’s see them individually in detail:

WhatsApp Web method

One of the ways to activate the middle finger on iPhone is to take advantage of the new WhatsApp update that has made the web version available on iOS * as well.

• Go to the official WhatsApp Web site
• Select a contact and send a message with the middle finger emoticon
• Open WhatsApp on your mobile and select the message you just sent
• Click on the middle finger icon (which will be in the speech bubble of the sent message) and choose copy
• Close WhatsApp
• Go to Settings> General> Keyboard> Abbreviations (which on IOS 9 becomes Text solution )
• Paste the emoticon into the Sentence box
• Give the Abbreviation field a name, for example: y: y (this will be what you have to enter in the message for the middle finger to appear)
• Now you just need to open WhatsApp and you can send the middle finger emoticon

Ps. If you want to have the emoji with the different skin tones, repeat all the steps for each icon (selecting them from WhatsApp Web)

Twitter method

Another possibility to have the middle finger emoticon on your iPhone is to use this Tweet to copy the code to paste into the new keyboard shortcut. So:

• Open this link ( https://goo.gl/lkUWCP ) and copy the symbols
• Paste the symbol as explained in point 6 of the “WhatsApp Web method” and follow the same steps up to number 9.