Save a WhatsApp chat before you delete it
Clearing a chat, leaving a group, blocking someone or changing phones. Once it is gone from WhatsApp it is usually gone. Keep a copy you can read anywhere first.
Your preview
This is your real file, parsed. Pay only if the result is right.
How it works.
WhatsApp does not give you a document. On iPhone the export is a ZIP file, and on Android it is a text file with any media sent alongside it. Getting that out of the app is the part most people get stuck on, so that is step one.
Export from WhatsApp
On iPhone, open the chat, tap the contact or group name, then Export Chat. On Android, open the chat and tap More options, More, Export chat. Choose Attach Media on iPhone or Include media on Android if you want the photos, or Without Media for a much smaller file. Send it to yourself.
Drop the file in
Upload the ZIP as WhatsApp made it. Do not unzip it first. If Android gave you a .txt with the photos as separate files, put them in one zip together, because this takes one file. You will see the participants, the message count and the real formatting straight away, for free.
Check it, then pay
If the names, dates and layout look right, pay once and download the full PDF. If something looks wrong, close the tab and nothing is charged.
Four ways to print it.
Every sample below is page one of a real PDF, made from the same sample as the one above by the same code that makes your file. Pick a style when you preview, and change it as often as you like.
Why a PDF, not a backup
A WhatsApp backup only works inside WhatsApp, restored into the app on a phone. It cannot be opened on its own, and restoring one replaces what is on the phone. WhatsApp also says an exported chat cannot be imported back. A PDF is the version you can open on any device years from now, search, print, or send to someone.
Do it in this order
- Export the chat first (with media if the photos matter).
- Upload it here and check the preview shows the whole conversation, first message to last.
- Download the PDF and keep the export file too, somewhere other than the phone.
- Only then delete the chat.
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Questions, answered.
Can I get a chat back after deleting it?
Does the other person know if I export?
Will this keep messages that were already deleted?
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