How to Add Stickers to a TikTok Video (2026 Step-by-Step Guide)

January 22, 2026

To add stickers to a TikTok video, record or upload your clip and tap the “Stickers” icon on the right-hand editing toolbar. Browse the categories or use the search bar to find a design, then tap the sticker to place it on your video. You can then drag it to reposition or pinch it with two fingers to resize.

This guide provides the exact technical steps to access and apply graphical overlays from the official TikTok sticker library. These steps occur within the primary editing screen after your footage is ready.

Step-by-Step: Adding Stickers to Your Clip

Follow these instructions to navigate the 2026 TikTok sticker interface:

Enter the Editor: After recording or uploading your video, stay on the preview screen where the vertical toolbar appears on the right.
Open the Sticker Menu: Tap the “Stickers” icon (represented by a square smiley face with a folded corner).
Select Your Graphic: Browse through the trending stickers or tap a category icon at the bottom. Once you find a sticker you like, tap it once to add it to your video.
Position and Scale: Press and hold the sticker to move it. Use a pinching gesture with two fingers to make the sticker larger or smaller, or rotate your fingers to change its angle.
Confirm Placement: Tap anywhere on the video background to “set” the sticker in place.

Technical Note : After placing a sticker, you can tap it again to see options like “Set duration” or “Pin.” Pinning allows the sticker to “attach” to a moving object in your video, while setting the duration controls exactly when the sticker appears and disappears.

What This Does NOT Do: This process is for adding standard graphical stickers from the TikTok library. It does not cover creating your own custom stickers from phone photos or adding interactive “Poll” or “Quiz” stickers, which are located in a separate sub-menu.

Conclusion

Adding stickers is a simple way to add personality to your content. Once you have mastered the placement of these graphics, you can further enhance your video’s message by learning how to add text to a TikTok video for better context. The final step is to tap the “Next” button in the top-right corner to add your caption and hashtags before publishing your newly decorated video.