How to Export a WhatsApp Chat (and Turn It Into a PDF) — Free, No App to Install

WhatsApp lets you export any chat as a plain text file straight from the app — no third-party tool needed for that part. Turning that export into something you'd actually want to read or keep, like a proper PDF, is the part most people get stuck on. Here's the whole process, start to finish.

Step 1: Export the chat from WhatsApp

1. Open the chat (1:1 or group) you want to export.
2. Tap the contact/group name at the top, or the three-dot menu, to open chat settings.
3. Choose "Export chat."
4. Pick "Without media" for a much smaller, faster file, or "With media" if you want photos and voice notes included.
5. Save or share the resulting .txt (or .zip, if you included media) file somewhere you can get to it — email it to yourself, save to Files/Drive, or send it to a computer.

This works the same way on iOS and Android; the menu wording differs slightly by WhatsApp version, but "Export chat" is always in there somewhere under the chat's settings.

Step 2: Turn it into a PDF

A raw .txt export is technically readable but not pleasant — no chat bubbles, no sender colors, just a wall of timestamped lines. MyChatWrap's WhatsApp to PDF tool takes that same export and renders it as a proper, WhatsApp-styled PDF you can actually read, print, or keep: upload the .txt or .zip file, and it converts entirely in your browser.

• No account or sign-up required.
• The chat is parsed and rendered client-side — nothing is uploaded to a server.
• Works for both 1:1 and group chats, with or without media.

If you'd rather explore the chat than just archive it — response times, mood trends, who talks the most — the same export works with MyChatWrap's full chat analyzer, which builds an interactive dashboard instead of a static PDF.