Open your chat.
It stays on this device. Nothing is uploaded, unless you choose to have a voice note written out.
What do you need it for?
You get the court bundle PDFs plus a reading copy for you.
No chat to hand?
WhatsApp on iPhone
- Open the chat in WhatsApp.
- Tap the name at the top.
- Scroll down, tap Export Chat, then Attach Media.
- Save it to Files.
WhatsApp on Android
- Open the chat in WhatsApp.
- Tap ⋮, then More.
- Tap Export chat, then Include media.
- Save it to your phone or Drive.
Telegram, iMessage, SMS or Messenger
Telegram
- On Telegram Desktop, open the chat.
- Click ⋮, then Export chat history.
- Choose Machine-readable JSON, tick Voice messages if you want them, and export.
- Open the result.json file here, or zip the whole folder.
iMessage (iPhone)
- Apple has no export button. Use the iMazing app on a computer (free trial exports a limited number of messages).
- Choose Messages, pick the conversation, then Export to CSV.
- Open that .csv file here.
SMS (Android)
- Install the free SMS Backup & Restore app.
- Back up your messages to your phone, as an XML file.
- Open that .xml file here. It holds every conversation, so we ask whose messages you want and leave the others out.
Messenger (Facebook)
- On Facebook, go to Settings, then Download your information.
- Choose Messages and the format JSON.
- Unzip, then open the message_1.json file for the chat (or the whole zip).
Tap where it starts, then where it ends.
Then say what happened. Just one message? Tap it twice.
Your events.