How To Save WhatsApp Chats
There are two kinds of saving. A WhatsApp backup puts all your chats back into WhatsApp on a new phone. An export gives you one chat as a file you keep, open and print. Most people want both.
What is the difference between a WhatsApp backup and an export?
A backup is for restoring: it puts your chats back into WhatsApp, and you cannot open it to read. An export is one chat as a plain text file, a .txt, sometimes inside a .zip, that opens on any computer.
How do I back up WhatsApp chats?
In WhatsApp, open Settings, then Chats, then Chat Backup, and tap Back Up Now. On an iPhone it goes to iCloud, and on Android to Google Drive. You can set it to run on a schedule from the same screen.
How do I export a WhatsApp chat?
On an iPhone, open the chat, tap its name, tap Export Chat, choose Without Media, then Save to Files. On Android, tap the three dots, then More, then Export chat. The WhatsApp chat guide has the details.
How do I save WhatsApp chats before switching phones?
Run a backup first, then restore it when you set up WhatsApp on the new phone. Export any chat you never want to lose as well, because an export does not depend on the restore working.
How do I save a WhatsApp chat before deleting it?
Export it first. Once a chat is deleted on your phone, your copy is gone, though the same chat is still on the other person's phone and their export works as well as yours.
How do I save a WhatsApp chat as a PDF?
Open the exported .txt on a computer and print it to PDF, which gives one long list. For pages, upload the export to read receipts for the digital edition: the whole chat as a PDF and an EPUB, the same day.
What does a book of a WhatsApp chat cost?
The paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89, with free US shipping. The digital edition by itself is $19. read receipts is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta.
Related Guides
- How To Print A WhatsApp ChatExport Chat on the phone, then print the file or have it set as pages.
- How To Turn A WhatsApp Chat Into A PDFThe export is a .txt. Print it to PDF, or have it set as pages the same day.
- How To Export A WhatsApp Chat On AndroidThree dots, More, Export chat. A .txt file, and no computer needed.
- WhatsApp Chats, Turned Into A Printed BookThe same steps with the book in mind.
If You Want It As A Book
Upload the export and every message is set in order with each name beside it. No computer is needed. Or start with the free receipt.