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How to export your WhatsApp Chat
The tutorial in how to export your chat depends on the device you are using. We have a tutorial for 1: iOS, for 2: Android, or 3: PC they work for individual chats or group chats.
Option 1 iPhone: Export as a .txt file on iOS
Exporting your complete chat history is easy!
- Navigate to the WhatsApp application on your iPhone and open it.
- Tap on the chat. Then on the name of the chat at the top to open up further details about this chat.
- In chat settings, scroll to the bottom and tap "export chat". Now you can select between:
- Attach Media
- This option will also export all media of the chat (including photos and videos) ❗️ Attaching media will generate a large .zip file ❗️
- Without Media
- With this option, you will only export the text within the chat as a .txt file. ❗️ For the chat analysis, this works as well. But your images will not be shown! ❗️
- Now, you can choose between sending it as an email via an installed chat app, airdrop, and many more. Choose Save to Files to Upload it here to analyze your chat.
Option 2 Android: Export as a .txt file using a phone running Android
- Navigate to the WhatsApp application on your iPhone and open it
- Tap on the chat and then again on the name at the top. To open up further details about this chat
- In chat settings, scroll to the bottom and tap on Email chat. Then you select without media.
- Attach Media
- This option will also export all media of the chat (including photos and videos) ❗️ Attaching media will generate a large .zip file ❗️
- Without Media
- With this option, you will only export the text within the chat as a .txt file. ❗️ For the chat analysis, this works as well. But your images will not be shown! ❗️
Option 3 PC: Export as a .txt file on your computer running WhatsApp web
Exporting your chat history is not supported on WhatsApp Web as of 2021. This post will be updated when this function becomes available. Please use your connected phone and export your chat directly on the phone as described in 1: iOS and 2: Android.
How to generate a PDF from your txt file
You can now after exporting your WhatsApp chat data (.txt or .zip) send it to your pc and open it in word or pages to then export it to PDF.
With this solution your PDF as your .txt is quite unreadable. There are also some other solutions that help you in exporting to pdf and make it quite easy.
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