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From your first WhatsApp Web export to a verified archive: learn the controls, choose a format, keep media together and solve common problems.
Start with one conversation
Open WhatsApp Web, choose the conversation in ChatVault, select an export format and download a backup. Keep the popup open until it finishes, extract the ZIP and check messages and attachments before storing it.
Find the instructions you need
Installation
Put ChatVault within reach and prepare WhatsApp Web before your first export.
Read documentationYour first export
Save one conversation, follow the progress and verify the archive before relying on it.
Read documentationDate ranges
Choose a useful period and check that the exported conversation covers the dates you need.
Read documentationExport formats
Choose HTML, TXT, CSV, Excel or JSON based on how you will read and use the conversation.
Read documentationMedia & attachments
Keep captured files with their messages and investigate attachments that could not be retrieved.
Read documentationSettings & license
Change the popup appearance and activate your existing license in the correct browser profile.
Read documentationPrivacy & permissions
Understand which parts of the workflow are local and why the extension needs browser permissions.
Read documentationTroubleshooting
Identify the failing stage, check the available data and retry with a result you can verify.
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