How-to guides for WhatsApp chat exports
What WhatsApp's export gives you, what it doesn't, and how to turn it into something readable.
WhatsApp chat as evidencePrepare a WhatsApp conversation for a lawyer, court or HR: export the chat, make a complete readable PDF, keep the original, and avoid common mistakes.Export limits: 10,000 / 40,000WhatsApp exports only the latest 10,000 messages with media or 40,000 without. What that means for long chats, how to check what's missing, and the workarounds.Read a WhatsApp backup on PCWhatsApp's Google Drive and iCloud backups are encrypted and only restore to a phone. What you can read on a computer instead, and how to save chats to your PC.WhatsApp chat export viewerOpen WhatsApp's exported _chat.txt or .zip on a computer and read it as chat bubbles with photos, voice notes and search – no upload, no phone needed.WhatsApp export format explainedInside a WhatsApp chat export: the line format on Android and iPhone, regional date formats, system messages, '<Media omitted>' and attachment names.
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WhatsApp chat to PDFExport a chat with mediaMerge WhatsApp chat exportsWhatsApp chat to Excel / CSVHebrew & Arabic chats to PDF
Open your exported chat. Convobook reads the .zip or .txt from WhatsApp's “Export chat” (Android and iPhone, many languages and date formats) and turns it into a chat-bubble PDF with photos, a single-file HTML archive, or Excel/CSV – in your browser, nothing is uploaded. Reading the whole chat and exporting the first 100 messages is free; a 30-day pass is $9, lifetime $19.
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