Everything you need to know about exporting your chats, formatting, and our privacy guarantee.
On iPhone (iOS): Open the chat you want to export. Tap the contact or group name at the top. Scroll down and tap 'Export Chat'. Choose whether to include media or send without media. Save the resulting ZIP or TXT file to your files.
On Android: Open the chat. Tap the three dots (More options) in the top right corner. Tap 'More' > 'Export chat'. Choose to include or exclude media, and save the file to your device.
Yes, absolutely. We use a strict Zero-Persistence architecture. Your chat files are processed entirely in memory and are never saved to a database or hard drive. Once the PDF is generated and downloaded, all data is instantly wiped from our servers.
Yes. Our tool is web-based, meaning it works flawlessly on iPhone (Safari, Chrome), iPad, Android, Mac, and Windows. You can export the chat directly from the WhatsApp app on your iPhone and upload it to our site from your mobile browser.
No. Your chats are never stored. We do not use your chat data for training AI, analytics, or marketing. The contents of your conversations remain completely private and exist on our servers only for the few seconds it takes to generate your PDF.
Many users utilize our formatted PDFs for legal and documentation purposes because we preserve the exact timestamps and sender names from the original export. However, we recommend consulting your legal counsel to ensure it meets the specific evidentiary standards required by your local courts.
If you choose 'Attach Media' when exporting from WhatsApp, you will receive a ZIP file. When you upload that ZIP file to bottopdf, we will automatically extract the images and embed them directly into the PDF chat flow. Large videos and voice notes may be represented as text placeholders depending on file size limits.