desktop_export.md

Get desktop clients exported JSON

There are two ways to export the JSON you need

TDL (especially for protected chats)

Please refer to README

Official desktop clients

1. Choose the dialog you want to export, and click the three dots in the upper right corner, then click Export Chat History.

2. Uncheck all boxes(you don't need to download them now) and set Size Limit to minimum

3. Set Format to JSON and select the time period you need.

4. Export it! And result.json is what you need.