• Tech - Tips And Tricks
• Updated: Jan 29, 2021

How To Import Your WhatsApp Chats To Telegram

The Telegram Messanger team has launched a new version of the client for Android and iOS that gives support for importing chats from the messengers WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk.

Android and iOS users can now move chats from apps like WhatsApp to Telegram. https://t.co/PediepRhyt

— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 28, 2021

This new version was launched on Thursday and according to the announcement, more than 100 million new users joined Telegram in January 2021.

The new import option supports individual chats and group chats alike and includes documents and videos. Images are not mentioned explicitly, which is odd as WhatsApp exports may include them.

This new feature, according to checks is working but takes a while to import content, while exporting the content to Google Drive was much faster.

The process of doing this is quite easy. Follow these steps below:

1. Open a chat in WhatsApp, it does not matter if it is a group chat or an individual chat.
2. Select Menu > More > Export chat.
3. Select whether you want media included or not when the prompt appears.
4. The Share menu opens. Pick Telegram from the list of available options.
5. Select a group in Telegram to save the chat and supported attachments to.
6. It may take some time to get the information imported.

Here's how you can move your chats to Telegram if you're on Android. pic.twitter.com/VMq3mAeteq

— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 28, 2021

Telegram notes that users can save space on the device after the importing finishes by freeing up space on it; this is done under Settings > Data and Storage > Storage Usage. It can be used to removed data from Telegram without losing access to it thanks to the service's servers on which the data is still stored.

Conclusion: WhatsApp users who want to leave the application can now export their chats to Telegram to take previous conversations, files, and media with them when they move on; that is a helpful feature as it allows you to keep messages, files, and media when switching to Telegram.

Move your message history from apps like WhatsApp, Line and KakaoTalk to Telegram. https://t.co/PediepRhyt pic.twitter.com/VPeuilGt2T

— Telegram Messenger (@telegram) January 28, 2021

 

The Telegram update introduced a number of new features next to the importing functionality. You can read more about these on the official Telegram blog.

 

 

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