Facebook: Here's How to Create Your Avatar

Share a personalized sticker in comments, Stories and more

Facebook rolled out Avatars, its take on Bitmoji, in the U.S. this week. This feature allows users to create an avatar of themselves that will be featured in stickers that they can then share in Facebook Stories, comments and more.

Our guide will show you how to create your Avatar in the Facebook mobile application.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Facebook app on iOS.

Step 1: Tap the three horizontal lines in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Step 2: Scroll down and tap “See More.”

Step 3: Tap “Avatars.”

Step 4: Tap “Next.”

Step 5: Tap “Get Started.”

Step 6: Tap one of the skin tone options (you can scroll to see them all), and then tap “Next” at the bottom of the screen.

Step 7: From there, you can customize your Avatar in a variety of ways by choosing their hairstyle, hair color, hair length, face shape, eye shape and color, makeup, eyebrow style and...

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