Chat Export

Export one chat

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On this page

• Choose and export
• Choose the right kind of history
• Verify and hand over

Save the history currently visible to your account as a signed archive with a readable chat.html and a structured chat.json.

Choose and export

1. Select the intended account workspace and open Chats.
2. Open the conversation and choose Export chat. The same task is available under Sources → Full chat export → Export full chat.
3. Wait for acquisition to finish and save the resulting archive.
4. Keep the original signed archive. Extract a copy and open chat.html to read the conversation offline; use chat.json for analysis.

The connected account must have access to the conversation. Private chats are supported when visible to that account. Repeat the export for each source you need; there is no single whole-account historical export.

Choose the right kind of history

Your task	Use
Read a chat's currently visible history offline	Full chat export
Load available history across enabled sources into the journal	Sources → Load full history on current main; guide
Bring a bounded set of recent messages into the journal	History snapshot
Keep edits and deletion notices as they arrive	Start observation
Hand over captured observations, preserved media and verification data	Signed evidence ZIP in Exports

A full chat export does not populate the journal or people profiles with all exported messages. It also cannot reconstruct messages or earlier versions that Telegram no longer returns.

Verify and hand over

Use a trusted copy of the verifier and an independently retained signing-key fingerprint. The export and verification guide explains the checks, trusted inputs and coverage limits.

For a case spanning several chats, retain each source's export alongside your source register and timeline. Keep source time and acquisition time distinct.

Continue: Work a case · Verify a handoff