Start with an export
Save a conversation from Android or iPhone, choose whether to include media, and understand what your export contains.
Read the guidePreserve Chat converts your WhatsApp chat exports into clean, readable conversation pages that you can share with anyone.
Share your WhatsApp chats as clean, readable links. Upload your WhatsApp chat export, select the messages you want to share, and turn them into a familiar WhatsApp-style conversation page.
Find a keyword, phrase, participant, or date in your WhatsApp chat export. Jump to the relevant exchange and read the surrounding messages before choosing what to share.
Share a selected part of your WhatsApp conversation: a weekend plan, a useful answer, or a memory. Choose a date range or mark the first and last message to keep the exchange in context.
Everything outside the selection stays out of the published page.
Choose a style that fits what you're sharing.
A conversation page brings the exchange into one scrollable view, with messages in order and the surrounding context easy to follow. What you can display depends on what WhatsApp included in the export; missing messages or media cannot be recreated by a viewer.
A WhatsApp chat can contain personal details from several people. Review the messages and attachments, keep only the context you need, and make sure you have permission to share it.
Review the selected range and remove details the recipient does not need.
A link can be forwarded. Check access settings before sharing sensitive information.
Understand storage and deletion options before uploading a conversation.
A birthday thread, a bad week, a plan that actually happened. Bring the whole exchange over, keep it readable, and send one link.
Turn an old conversation with someone important into something easy to revisit.
Share the context around a funny, meaningful, or memorable exchange.
Send exactly the relevant part without forwarding dozens of screenshots.
Turn a long message history into a readable page that’s easy to search.
Start with an export
Save a conversation from Android or iPhone, choose whether to include media, and understand what your export contains.
Read the guideFix a failed export
Find out why Export chat is missing, why an export stops short, and why media or messages did not come through.
Read the guideShare the right part
Choose between forwarding messages, sending a file, and sharing a readable conversation page.
Read the guidePDF or a link
Compare a PDF of a WhatsApp conversation with a readable link, use case by use case.
Read the guideOpen the conversation in WhatsApp and use Export chat. On Android, look under the three-dot menu, then More. On iPhone, open the contact or group information. Choose whether to include media, then save or share the export.
Read the WhatsApp chat export guideUsually because Advanced Chat Privacy is on in that chat, which stops anyone in it from exporting. In a group, the admins control that setting. Also check where you are looking: on Android, Export chat is under the three-dot menu, then More; on iPhone, it is near the bottom of the contact or group info.
Troubleshoot a WhatsApp chat exportUse Export chat in WhatsApp to create a copy of the conversation, then store the TXT or ZIP file somewhere you control, such as cloud storage or your computer. Saving a chat this way keeps the messages readable outside WhatsApp, which a backup on its own does not.
Read the guide to saving a WhatsApp chatA chat export viewer turns the messages in an exported conversation into an easier-to-read layout. Preserve’s workflow brings together a chat view, message search, range selection, and a page to share with someone else.
Learn about TXT and ZIP chat exportsInstead of a folder of screenshots or a raw text file, a chat-sharing tool can present a selected part of the conversation as a readable page someone opens in a browser. Preserve is built around choosing a first and last message, previewing the exchange, and sharing that one link.
Compare ways to share a conversationWhatsApp has no Export as PDF option. You export the chat, open the transcript, and print it to PDF from your phone or computer. A PDF suits a process that needs a fixed document to attach. When someone simply needs to read the exchange, a readable link is usually easier for them than a long file to download.
Compare a PDF with a shareable linkA TXT file contains the conversation as text. A ZIP file is a container that can package the transcript with separate media files. A reference to an attachment in the transcript does not mean that the attachment itself is included.
See what is inside a TXT or ZIP exportNo. A chat export is a copy to read outside WhatsApp. It is different from a WhatsApp backup or phone-to-phone chat transfer, and it cannot be imported back into WhatsApp as a conversation.
Compare saving, backing up, and exportingStart with your WhatsApp chat export. Find the exchange you want to keep, preview the selected messages, and prepare a readable page to share.
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