Follow the complete and easy-to-understand post to know how to export WhatsApp chats to PDF document.
Exporting your WhatsApp chats to PDF can also come in handy if you’ve been using WhatsApp for research purposes and you want to have a hard copy of the responses. Whatever the reason, this article shows practical ways to export WhatsApp chats to PDF.
Export WhatsApp Chat to PDF via Email
The email method works by exporting the chat as a TXT file first and then converting that text file to PDF later. It is simple, but it is really a document-export route rather than a way to keep the chat interactive inside WhatsApp.
- Open WhatsApp and then locate the chat that you want to export.
- Click on “menu” (three dots at the top) then tap on “More”.
- Select “Export Chat” then choose how you want to share the TXT file that will be generated. We recommend choosing to email the TXT file with the selected conversation to your own email address.
- Now open the email on your computer and download the attached TXT document. Right-click on the TXT file and choose “Open With > MS Word”.
- Once the file is open in MS Word, click on File > Save As then select “PDF (*.pdf)” under “Save as Type”. Click “Save” and the TXT file will be converted to PDF.
Export WhatsApp Chat to PDF on Android Only
Android users can also take a more direct route by working from the local backup, but this method is more technical than the email option. You need a file manager on the phone and WhatsApp Viewer on a computer so the backed-up conversations can actually be opened before you convert them to PDF.
Once you have the tools ready, follow these steps:
- Open whatever File Explorer app you are using and then find the WhatsApp folder which is usually located in the internal storage. Open this folder and you should see another folder named “Databases”.
- Open the “Databases” folder then locate the file named “mgstore.db.crypt12”. Sometimes the file will have a different number at the end like “crypt8”. And copy this file.
- Now connect the Android device to your computer and then transfer the copied file to your computer. You can also use a cloud service like OneDrive or Dropbox to transfer the file.
- Open WhatsApp Viewer on your computer. Click “File > Open > Select File and locate the mgstore.db file. Leave the “account name” field empty and click “Continue”.
- Find the chat you want to export as PDF and begin by exporting it as TXT file. You can then use a document conversion tool to convert the TXT file to PDF or use MS Word as we did in Part 1 above.
Export WhatsApp to PDF with Mobitrix
While the solutions above can be useful, there is an additional solution that allows you to directly export the WhatsApp chats to your computer as HTML, .CSV or.XLS format and then convert the files to PDF. This solution is Mobitrix WhatsApp Transfer, a WhatsApp tool that you can use to export WhatsApp chats to HTML and convert the HTML file to PDF. Here’s how to do it:
- Download and install Mobitrix WhatsApp Transfer on your computer. Open it after installation and connect your phone to the computer.
- Click on “Backup WhatsApp on Devices” on the left-hand side panel. Tap on “Back Up” and the program will create a full backup of all WhatsApp conversations on the device.
- When the backup process is complete, review the data on your computer and select the chats you want to export to PDF.
- You can then use an HTML-to-PDF converter to create the PDF file, or keep the chat as HTML if that format is enough for your records.
With the above solutions, you can very easily export your WhatsApp conversations to PDF. Mobitrix does however offer you the best solution for when you want to do it faster and more efficiently.
