Using WhatsApp for Windows desktop app offers several benefits that enhance the overall messaging and communication experience for users who prefer or need to use their computers alongside or instead of their smartphones.
Even with WhatsApp for Windows, you can choose to change how your chats look like. For instance, you can completely turn off the chat background icons and switch to a plain background view.
Here is how to do that:
Login to WhatsApp for Windows and click the settings icon from the lower left corner.
Go to Personalization and uncheck WhatsApp doodle from the Chat wallpaper section.
The chat background icons will now be replaced with a plain view.
You can also change the chat background by choosing from various wallpapers and increasing/decreasing the text size for chats.
All done.