How to backup telegram chat

How To Create Telegram Backup?

Telegram backup is so important issue for those who are worried about losing their information.

For example, you want to save your chat detail in the word file or export it to another format on the memory.

Telegram users can share messages, images, videos, and documents encrypted.

It is officially available for Android, Windows Phone, and iOS, and users can exchange messages, photos, videos, and files for up to 1.5 GB.

One of the problems with Telegram messenger is you are unable to create a backup from chats! but don’t worry every problem has a solution.

Sometimes you may mistakenly delete chat of telegram messages or lose them for other reasons.

When this happens you will see how it is difficult to backup your chats again or maybe you forget at all.

Because Telegram has no backup option and you have to do it manually.

I am Jack Ricle from Telegram Adviser team and in this article, I want to show how you can create a backup file from all your chat data.

Stay with me until the end, and send us your comment to provide better services.

There Are 3 Ways To Create a Full Backup From Telegram:

Print your chat history.
Create a full backup from the Telegram desktop version.
Use the “Save Telegram Chat History” google chrome extension.

First Method: Copy And Paste Chat Texts, Then Print Them.

The easiest way to create a backup of Telegram chat history is to copy and paste your message.

In this way, you should open your Telegram account on desktop (windows) and then select all (CTRL+A) and then press (CTRL+C) to copy your all messages in the clipboard and then paste them into a word file.

Now you can print it. Notice that in this method maybe you will have trouble because maybe your chat history is so long! in this case, use another way to create a backup and export your chat history.

Second Method: Create a full backup from the Telegram desktop version.

In the latest version of Telegram that was released for desktop (windows), you can create a full backup from your Telegram account easily with many options.

Users that have an older version of Telegram for PC will not see this option in the setting so at first you must update the app or download the latest version.

Follow these steps: Setting –> Advanced –> Export Telegram Data

When you tap on the “Export Telegram Data” button, a new window will appear on your screen.

You can customize the Telegram backup file. let’s know these options.

Account Information: Your profile information such as account name, ID, profile picture, number, and … will export too.

Contacts List: This is the option used for backup Telegram contacts (phone numbers and contacts name).

Personal Chats: will save all your private chats to the file.

Bot Chats: All messages that you sent to Telegram robots will also be stored in the backup file.

Private Groups: To archive chat history from private groups that you joined.

Only my Messages: This is a subcategory option for the “Private Groups” option and if you enable it, only messages you have sent to private groups will be saved in the backup file, and messages from other users in the groups will not be included.

Private Channels: All messages that you have sent to private channels will be stored in the Telegram backup file.

Public Groups: All messages sent and received in public groups will be saved in the final backup.

Public Channels: Save all messages on public channels.

Photos: Save all sent and received photos.

Video Files: Save all videos that you sent and received in chats.

Voice Messages: Your backup file will include all your voice messages (.ogg format). To learn how to download Telegram voice messages take look at this helpful article.

Round Video Messages: The video messages that you sent and received will add to the backup file.

Stickers: For backup from all stickers that exist in your current account.

Animated GIF: Enable this option if you want to backup all animated GIFs too.

Files: Use this option to backup all files that you have downloaded and uploaded. below this option is a slider that can set the volume limit for the desired file. for example, if you set the volume limit to 8 MB, the files which are less than 8 MB will be included and larger files will ignore. if you want to save all file information, drag the slider to the end to save all the files.

Active Sessions: To store active session data that are available on your current account.

Miscellaneous Data: Save all remaining information that didn’t exist in the previous options.

Third Method: “Save Telegram Chat History” google chrome extension.

If you use google chrome on your computer, install the “Save Telegram Chat History” extension and create your Telegram backup easily.

For this purpose you need to use Telegram web and it doesn’t work on phones or desktop versions.

1- Install the “Save Telegram Chat History” chrome extension to the browser.

2- Login to Telegram web then Go to your target chat and click on the extension icon, it’s at the top of your browser.

3- In this section click the “All” button to collect all your chat history.

If you can’t see whole the chat messages in the field, go to chat windows and scroll up to the end and then do this step again. at the end click on the save icon.

Almost done! you just need to save the backup file (.txt). now you can open your file with WordPad or notepad.

Media files (picture, video, sticker, and GIF) won’t be stored in this backup and you should send media to save messages.

How to Backup Telegram Chats and Messages

Hail to the team of Telegram for making such an amazing app that can be a great way to stay connected to your phone contacts and help you meet new people from all around the world. The app has other spectacular features like sending destructive messages, joining exciting and engaging groups, joining useful channels, getting engaged with bots, and also exporting the data of all your chats, videos, gifs, stickers, audio messages, and everything you have exchanged with others.

There can be a plethora of reasons why you want all your Telegram chats to be backed up locally on your device. Maybe you want to save it as proof of something, the chats include your class projects and notes, maybe the chats hold some important discussions regarding your office, discussion of your next trip, or simply you want to save them as a souvenir of your sweet days with someone.

You might find it toilsome if you try to find an option to backup Telegram chats by yourself. The option is not as common as other features of the app. That is why here we are to help you out. Today in this article, we will help you backup all your Telegram chats and messages to your device by exporting them.

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Backup Telegram chats using the desktop app

If you use Telegram on desktop, which almost all those people prefer who are busy with their laptops and PC their whole day, then it’s easy to backup the Telegram chats on your device. Plus, you can backup both the individual chats and also the whole Telegram data using the desktop app.

Backing up individual chats

With the cloud-based servers of Telegram, your chats are always backed up and can be restored anytime you want. But if you still want to backup the individual chats locally, here’s what you need to do.

Open the Telegram app on your desktop if not already and open the chat that you want to export.
You will see a three-dot icon appearing at the top right side of the screen, tap on it. Among the various options that appear, select Export chat history.
Now simply select the things that you want to export from the chats. The things you can export are photos, videos, voice messages, video messages, stickers, GIFs, and files. As you can see, the format of your file will be HTML and you can select the size limit for export. Once all the settings are done, simply click on the EXPORT option at the bottom.
According to your file size and the things you have selected to export, Telegram will take its time to download all the desired chat and data. Once all the data is exported, you need to click on SHOW MY DATA to open all the files on your desktop.

Backing up all the data

In some cases, like when you want to deactivate your account, you don’t want to export just an individual chat but the Telegram data altogether. It’s easier than you think it is, just follow these simple steps.

Launch the Telegram app on your PC and at the top-left corner, you will see a hamburger icon appearing, click on it.
From the various options given, select Settings.
On the next window that appears, select the Advanced option.
Under the Advanced heading, you will see the Export Telegram data heading, click on it.
Now make a selection of the things that you want to export on your PC locally. These things include account information, contact list, all the personal chats, bot chats, group chats on private and public groups, private and public channels, videos, photos, GIFs, stickers, files, and every other thing you can think of.
Finally, you can select the location and format for your chat’s data and click on EXPORT after choosing the desired options. In some time now, all the data will be stored on your PC at the selected location.

Backup chats with Telegram web

Some people prefer only to use the Telegram web app instead of an app. If you are one of them, then you definitely find it cumbersome to install the Telegram app just to export all the data. And you are wondering if it is possible to get everything without having to install the app. Well, to your surprise, yes you can backup all the chats using the web app too. Following these simple steps with a web app and a Chrome extension is all you need.

Open the Chrome browser on your computer and search for the Telegram web app.
On the other tab, open the Chrome extension store and search for Save Telegram Chat History and add this extension to your computer.
After you are logged in to your account, select the chat that you want to backup on your device.
Now select the Save Telegram Chat History extension and all the conversations will automatically be extracted from the page that you have kept open on Telegram.
At the bottom you will find a save option and you need to click on it to backup all the desired Telegram chats. In a few moments now, all your Telegram data will be downloaded in the form of a document.

Save Telegram chat as PDF

There is another way which you can use to save a particular Telegram chat as PDF by using Telegram web. For this, we will be using the print feature on Google Chrome (or any other browser) which allows you to print and save web pages as PDF document. Here’s what you need to do –

Open the Google Chrome browser on your PC or laptop.
Visit the Telegram website and log in to your account. You can either use phone number or QR code method.
Now open the Telegram chat that you want to save as PDF. Scroll through the messages you want to save altogether.
Click the three dots menu on the Chrome in the upper left corner and choose Print option from the menu that shows up on your screen. Alternatively, you can also use the CTRL+P keyboard shortcuts. This will open a print window on the web page where you will see the preview of your Telegram chat.
On the left side of the Print window, click the drop down next to Destination and select Save as PDF option.
Finally, tap the Save button and then choose the location where you want to save your Telegram chat as PDF. That’s it!

How to backup Telegram chats on a smartphone?

If you don’t use the desktop app of Telegram and neither do you want to use it, then you might be thinking that can I use the phone app of Telegram to export chats and other data? Well, as of now, there is no hack available that can be used to achieve this task. But the Telegram phone app is getting better with each update. So it is possible that we might see the chat export feature appearing really soon.

As for now, you don’t have any other choice other than using the desktop app or the web version of Telegram. The only thing you can do to backup your chats using your Android or iPhone is taking screenshots. This way you don’t have to install the desktop app and neither do you have to download the extension.

Wrapping up

As you may already know, if you don’t use your Telegram account for a long time, it might get deleted automatically and you will lose all your chats and messages. In another scenario, if you are deactivating your account and you have some important chats that you want to save for later use, you will need to find a way to backup your Telegram data.

Unfortunately, it’s not possible on the Telegram mobile app but you can always use the desktop or web version to achieve this task. We have tried our best to explain everything in the most simplest way. Hope you find this guide informative and learned something new. If there is any question in your mind related to backing up your Telegram chats, then feel free to share it in the comments below.

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If you store important information in the cloud, value letters, posts on social networks and correspondence in chats, a copy of this data may come in handy.

What you will learn

How to save your messenger data
How to save your social media data
How to download data from Google
How to download data from Apple iCloud
How to download mail and files from the cloud
How to copy other useful data

How to save messenger data

Telegram data. You can download correspondence in this messenger only through the Telegram Desktop application for Windows, macOS or Linux.

After installation, Telegram Desktop will ask you to scan a QR code through the Telegram app on your smartphone. You can download to your computer both the entire archive of correspondence and individual chats.

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Whatsapp data. In the messenger, you can request information about account settings or save chats.

Copies of chats are automatically saved to your smartphone every day. But you can store correspondence in the cloud or on your computer:

on Google Drive. To set up a backup of all correspondence, go to "Settings" → "Chats" → "Backup of chats". If there is no backup or it has been saved for a long time, click "Backup" and below select the frequency of saving data on Disk;
on a smartphone. To save a separate chat, go to it, select "More" → "Export chat" in the menu on the right. You can save only the correspondence without photos and videos, or the entire chat - and send the files, for example, to your mail or to the cloud, and from there download to your computer;
in iCloud. You can save all correspondence in "Settings" → "Chats" → "Backup" → "Create a copy". In the same place, select automatic saving and its frequency;
on iPhone. To save a specific chat, enter it, click on the contact or group name, then click "Export chat" and send it, for example, to mail or another messenger, and then save it to your computer. You can save a chat with or without photos and videos.

This is what backup settings look like on Android phones

To save personal information in the "Account" section in the settings, click "Request account details"

Click "Request Report" and wait 3-4 days

Viber data. To save a copy to the cloud, go to "More" → "Settings" → "Account" → "Backup". It can be run manually or on a schedule.

You can save a copy of your account data in the section "Privacy" → "Personal data" → "Data request". The application will tell you that it will take up to 14 days for them, but I received the file in seven minutes.

If you want to save messages on your computer and not depend on the Internet, you will have to install the old version of Viber - no higher than 10.5. It still had such an opportunity in the "Settings" menu → "Calls and messages" → "Send message history". For example, you can send an archive via email. But do not forget to make a cloud backup first - you will have to restore it in the installed old version of Viber.

The old version of the messenger may not be installed on your smartphone. If saving the archive outside the cloud is critical, find an old phone and install the application on it. For example, I managed to install version 10.5 on Xiaomi Redmi 4 Pro.

You can find an old Viber by searching for Viber 10.5 apk in a search engine, but download app installers from unofficial resources at your own risk - they may be broken or infected.

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How to save social network data

If you have been communicating on social networks for a long time, then you probably want to save posts and, possibly, some comments.

Instagram data. This social network allows you to save your entire account with posts, comments and reactions. To do this, on a smartphone, go to the section "Your actions" → "Download information", on a computer - to the section "Privacy and security" → "Download information".

Then enter the password, email address and click "Request data". The archive will be ready within 48 hours, a download link will be sent to your mail.

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How to backup data from Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Facebook data. In this social network, you can save the history of your posts, comments and other actions for any period - from one day to the entire time of the account. To do this, go to the settings page and select "Your information on Facebook" → "Download information". In the app: "Settings and privacy" → "Settings" → "Download your information".

There are a lot of download settings, all are selected by default, but it is not necessary to save everything at once. You can leave the most important items - publications, comments and reactions, groups, profile information, friends and subscribers.

Select the data format - HTML is convenient for reading, photo quality and the period for which you want to save information. After that, click "Save file" on your computer or "Download file" in the application

When the archive is completed, you will receive a notification on Facebook and can download it. To save data on a computer or smartphone, you will need to enter your Facebook password.

Vkontakte data. In this social network, saving your posts and comments is available on the "Data protection" → "Data management procedure" page. Scroll to the end and click the "Request archive" button.

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In the window that opens, select what information you need: for example, page information, friends, subscriptions, messages, wall, photos. At the bottom of the list there is an estimated waiting time for the selected data. Then click "Submit Request" and confirm your decision with your account password.

Vkontakte will send a notification when the archive is ready for download.

Twitter data. This social network does not allow you to choose which data from your account to save, but all posts, comments and reactions, as well as profile settings will be added to the archive.

To request information from a computer, tap More → Settings & Privacy → Privacy & Security → Personalization & Data → View Your Twitter Data.

If you want to save the archive on your smartphone, go to the application menu → "Settings and privacy" → "Account" → "Data and access rights" → "Your data on Twitter".

After confirming the password, click the "Request archive" button. When it's ready, you'll receive an email and a notification in the app.

TikTok data. This social network uploads your data in one archive: profile information, videos, comments, likes, favorites.

To request an archive of your account, go to "Privacy" → "Personalization and data" and select "Upload your data". When the archive is ready, the option "Download data" will appear in the same menu.

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How to download data from Google

Google has made sure that users can quickly and easily save all the information they may need . There is a special tool for this - "Google Archiver".

What is Google Archiver and how to use it. To download everything you might need, go to the "Google Archiver" page. Choose what data you want to keep. Now there are 48 items on the list.

What data can be downloaded. You can save everything without understanding, or select the most important sections from those that you used:

"Google Account" - account registration and statistics;
"Google Drive" - all Google Docs files: documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms;
"Gmail" - all messages, files and Gmail settings;
"Google Contacts" - the entire list of contacts from the account;
"Google Calendars" - all events marked in the Google calendar;
"Maps" - all your settings and saved places, separately in the next item "Maps (your places)" you can select reviews;
Hangouts - chat history, photos and videos from them;
Chrome - all settings, history and bookmarks of the Google Chrome browser;
Google Photos - all saved photos and videos;
Google Pay - bank card and payment information;
"YouTube and YouTube Music" - all files, comments, browsing and search history, videos from your own profile.

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Be careful: Google Drive can contain hundreds of gigabytes of data, and it may take several days to save. In order not to download all data from "Disk" to your computer, click in the "Disk" section the "All Disk data selected" button and cancel the download of unnecessary folders. The same with the video: in the "YouTube and YouTube Music" block, click the "All YouTube data selected" button and uncheck the "Video" line.

From the extensive list of data, select the required data

After selecting the desired data types in the account, click "Next". Now choose where to download the data: to a computer or to one of the cloud storages - to Disk, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box. I recommend keeping one copy on your computer or external drive, and the second can be added to the cloud.

How often to save - once or every two months - is up to you. The archive can be packed in ZIP or TGZ, the first option can be opened on any computer and smartphone, this is the best solution.

You can also split the archive into parts of 1, 2, 4, 10 or 50 GB. This will not affect the speed of creating an archive. For example, my data archive took up about 30 GB, excluding YouTube videos.

When the file export is complete, you will receive an email from Google Archiver with the subject "Your Google Account data is ready to download." You can immediately download them using the button in the email or click "Go to export management" and click the "Download" button there. Archives are available for a week after receiving the letter, after which you will have to create them again.

How to download data from Apple iCloud

Data is backed up on Apple devices every day. If you save manually, you will have to do this separately for each service. Here's how to save information across different Apple services.

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On your computer to download photos and videos from iCloud, go to the Photos section, select the files you want, and click Upload. On an iPhone or iPad, the path will be: “Photos” → select files → “More” → “Upload”. Videos and photos will be saved to the archive. To save any other files, also select them and click "Download".

To save contacts from the iCloud site, open Contacts, go to All Contacts, click any contact. Then click "Edit" → "Select All" and save the contacts to your computer's memory.

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To save your emails, select the desired mailbox in iCloud and click "Box" → "Export box".

To export a calendar, select the desired one, then "File" → "Export" → "Export".

To save bookmarks in the Safari browser, select File → Export Bookmarks and a location to save the file.

How to download mail and files from the cloud

Yandex services. In the Yandex profile settings, upload data from Zen, Market, and a search engine. But without letters, files from the "Disk" and calendar events - they will have to be dealt with separately.

To download the information, follow the link "Your data on Yandex" and select the required account if you have several. After that, you can immediately click the "Download data" button - and in a few hours you will receive an email with a link to download information from various Yandex services. Their list will open if you click the inscription "What data will be in the archive."

In Yandex, you can automatically save personal data from the browser, entries in Zen, the history of purchases on the Market

Mozilla Thunderbird;

The Bat!;

Apple Mail;

Opera Mail.

After that, you can export letters according to the instructions in each mail program. For example, in Microsoft Outlook do this:

On the File tab, select Open and Export → Import and Export.
Select Export to File, click Next.
Select an account on Yandex, check the box "Enable subfolders".
Click Next, then Browse, select the export folder, click OK.

You can only download data from Yandex Disk individually: go to Disk, select a folder or file, and click Download. If the folder weighs more than 5 GB or it contains more than 500 files, you will have to install the Yandex Disk program on your computer to download.

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You can download only one folder or a single file at a time directly from Yandex Disk

To download events from the calendar, select the one you need calendar, go to settings and click the "Export" button. The calendar is saved in iCal, HTML, or CalDAV protocol.

Dropbox. This cloud file storage has perhaps the easiest way to download data: select the desired folders or files and click "Download".

Mail.ru. You can save mail on your computer only after installing the mail client, as is the case with Yandex Mail. Data from the Cloud can only be downloaded in separate folders and files. You cannot download information from other Mail.ru services.

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Sberdisk. At the time of publication of the article, it is impossible to download all files from Sberdisk at once - only manually.

How to copy other payloads

Notion. To save important data from this service, go to the Settings and Members → Settings section and click the Export all workspace content button.

Free version only exports in CSV or HTML format. In the paid one, you can also choose PDF. You can download all the information in full or without attached files and images. The archive will be saved to your computer or smartphone.

In Notion, you can save an archive without files and pictures, but you cannot select specific data sets

Trello. You can't save task lists and other data from the free version of Trello, but you can create a file with profile, board, and workspace settings. To do this, open Trello settings and click the "Download personal data" button at the bottom of the page. The JSON file will open in a new window, but unless you're a developer, it's unlikely to be useful.

In the paid version of Trello Premium, you can download all information from your account in JSON or CSV formats, as well as in an archive in its original format.

Evernote. You can only save notes or notebooks in the Evernote desktop app:

Select the notebook or notes to export.
Right-click and click Export.
Select format - HTML or ENEX.
Determine if additional information is needed - the date the note was created, its author.
Click Export.

Other services and applications. It is impossible to name all the ways to download data from all the programs that you can use in one article. If saving information is possible, this will be written in the help of the application or service. Another option is to look for ways to download data through search engines.

how to create on Android, iPhone, PC

Telegram backup is a special file in which you can save account information, contact list, private chats, chats with bots, groups and channels. After exporting, these files can be restored at any time and thus return important information. Below we will consider how to create a Telegram backup on different devices, what it is for, and how to unpack the necessary data back.

What is

Telegram chat backup is a special option that allows you to save the most important information and return it after deletion. The essence of the method is to create a special file, which you can later open and return information from the cloud back.

What is it for

Creating a Telegram backup is necessary to save the following information:

Account information: name, phone number, and profile photo.
Contact list: If you have allowed the program access to contacts, the application is periodically synchronized with Telegram. In this case, the data of interest can be returned.
Chats: personal and with bots.
Groups: private or just your posts.
Private channels.
Public groups.
Content - photos, videos, voice messages, stickers, gifs, video messages.
The other is active sessions.

If desired, you can set the file size, equal to - from 1 MB to 2 GB. The question of how to create a Telegram backup on an iPhone or an Android smartphone arises when it is necessary to save some important data that is in a chat, dialogue or correspondence. This can be useful in case of accidental deletion or loss of access.

How to

Now let's look at how to create a Telegram backup for Android or iPhones, as well as on a PC / laptop. We note right away that this option is not provided on the phone, so all steps will have to be done on the computer. Here is the procedure for restoring the data of interest.

To use the option, you need to have a version of Telegram from 1.314 and higher, where this option is provided. If you have an older application, you need to update. Export of correspondence takes place in several steps:

Click on the three lines on the top left.
Go to the "Settings" section.

And then go to the Advanced Settings category.

Click on the "Export data from Telegram" button.

Select which information to save.
Click on "Export".

Wait until the process is complete.

If everything is done correctly and the Telegram backup is ready, a report appears on the screen. In a situation, if for some reason you change your mind, the process can be stopped. In that case, it will break.

How to restore

After creating a file on a computer, the question arises - how to restore a Telegram backup.