Did you know you can make custom stickers on your iPhone or iPad and send them via Messages or another texting app to your friends and family? You can also add iPhone stickers to pictures and documents using Apple's built-in Markup feature. Let's learn how to add a sticker to a photo and more on your iPhone and iPad.

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Add your custom iPhone stickers to your photos or documents to give them some flair.
A great way to add pets and things that can sometimes be difficult to include in a photo.

How to Add Stickers to Photos on iPhone & iPad

System Requirements

This tip works on iPhones running iOS 17 or later, but screenshots in this article were taken on an iPhone running iOS 18. Find out how to update to iOS 18.

If you haven't already read our article on how to create iPhone Stickers, go check that out first. Here's how to put stickers on photos on an iPhone or iPad:

Open the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad.
Select a photo you'd like to add the sticker to and tap the Edit icon.
Tap the pen in a circle. This is the Markup button.
Tap the Plus icon.
Tap Add Sticker.
Tap the sticker you want to add to your photo.
Then, you can move the sticker around on the photo until you like its placement. Tap the three dots in a circle for more options.
From here, you can cut, paste, duplicate, or delete your sticker from the image.
Tap Done when you're finished adding the sticker to the photo on your iPhone or iPad.

And that's how you add a sticker to a photo on your iPhone! If you want to be able to add stickers to PDF documents on your iPhone, the process is almost exactly the same, so you can also add stickers to PDFs and more in the Files app. Now, you can add stickers to nearly anything by using the Markup tool that comes built-in to Apple devices. Happy stickering! Next, learn how to create an emoji from a photo, and if you like getting the latest tips about Apple's newest software, be sure to sign up for our free Tip of the Day!