How to Share a WhatsApp Chat on iPhone or iPad

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Last Updated: June 25, 2018 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to export a text file of an entire chat conversation on WhatsApp, and send it to a contact on a different app, using an iPhone or iPad.

Steps

1
Open WhatsApp Messenger on your iPhone or iPad. WhatsApp looks like a white speech balloon and a phone in a green icon.
2
Tap the Chats tab at the bottom. This button looks like two speech balloons in the lower-right corner of your screen. It will open a list of all your recent chats.
- If WhatsApp opens up to a conversation, tap the back button on the top-left to go to your Chats list.
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3
Swipe left on the chat you want to share. This will show your options next to the chat on the right-hand side.
4
Tap More. This option looks like three white dots on a gray button. It will show all your options on a pop-up menu.
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Tap Export Chat on the pop-up menu. This option will allow you to export the entire chat conversation, and share it with a contact on a different app.
- If your chat conversation has audio, images or video in it, you'll be prompted to select Attach Media or Without Media.
- Attaching your media will include all the audio, images, and videos in your chat, but it will increase the file size of your chat archive.
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Select an app to share your chat conversation. You can send it as a message, attach it to an email, or share it on a social media app like Messenger or Snapchat.
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Select a contact to send your chat. Find and tap the name of the contact you want to share your chat archive with on your contact list.
- If you select Messages or Mail, you may have to enter the email address or the phone number of your contact here.
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Tap the Send button. This will share your chat archive file with the selected contact.
- The recipient will receive a compressed ZIP file containing a text file of your conversation.