On iPhone
- Open the chat.
- Tap the contact's name or the group's name at the top.
- Tap Export Chat.
- Choose Without Media.
- Save the file to Files, or send it to yourself.
On Android
- Open the chat.
- Tap More options (⋮), then More.
- Tap Export chat.
- Choose Without media.
- Save or send the file.
What's in the file
A .txt file (sometimes inside a .zip) with one line per message: the date, the time, who sent it and the text. Without media, photos, voice notes and other attachments are left out. WhatsApp notes that an exported chat is a text file, not a backup, so it can't be imported back into WhatsApp.
What a work chat can tell you
- What the other person asks for: details, decisions, reassurance, speed.
- How they disagree: directly, with questions, or by going quiet.
- Which of your messages got a quick, clear answer, and which didn't.
Get a read from the chat
Add the exported chat to Sixen and get a read on how the other person communicates, the moments behind it, and two or three ways to approach them next time. Sixen reads the text only, never photos or voice notes. Only you see it, and you can delete it at any time.