Guides: save and export your conversations

Each guide starts with what your messaging app already offers for free, says plainly what it cannot do, then shows how to get a dated PDF with Convoseal, entirely on your iPhone or iPad.

Export a WhatsApp chat to PDF on iPhone

WhatsApp exports a text file, not a PDF. Here is the free trick, what it cannot do, and how to get a dated, numbered PDF.

How to export text messages from iPhone to PDF

No print or export for SMS and iMessage on iPhone. Free workarounds, honest limits, and a numbered PDF made on-device.

How to save an iMessage conversation on iPhone

Saving an iMessage thread is not the same as backing it up. Your options on iPhone, and how to make a PDF you can keep.

How to export a Telegram chat from iPhone

The Telegram iPhone app has no chat export. Telegram Desktop does. Here are both routes, plus the screen recording option.

How to export a Signal, Messenger or Instagram conversation

Signal, Messenger and Instagram have no chat export on iPhone. Meta's data download, its limits, and the screen recording alternative.

How to screenshot a long conversation on iPhone (screen recording alternative)

iOS full-page screenshots rarely work in messaging apps. How to capture a long chat, and why a screen recording is easier to handle.

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