# How to export a WhatsApp chat to Excel > WhatsApp exports a chat as a text file. Here is how to get that file on an iPhone or an Android phone, and turn it into an Excel sheet with one row per message. **To export a WhatsApp chat to Excel, export the chat from your phone, then drop the file on a converter.** On an iPhone: open the chat, tap its name, then Export chat. On Android: the three dots, More, Export chat. Choose Without media. Then drop the .zip or .txt on Circles' free [WhatsApp chat to Excel converter](https://usecircles.app/en/tools/whatsapp-chat-to-excel), which writes an .xlsx and a .csv in your browser. Source: https://usecircles.app/en/guides/export-whatsapp-chat-to-excel · Updated 2026-11-03 ## Export the chat on an iPhone 1. **On an iPhone, open the chat**: Open WhatsApp and the chat or group you want. 2. **Tap the chat's name**: At the top of the chat. Scroll down to **Export chat**. 3. **Choose Without media**: WhatsApp makes a .zip with the chat inside. Save it to **Files**, AirDrop it to your computer, or mail it to yourself. ## Export the chat on an Android phone 1. **On Android, open the chat**: Open WhatsApp and the chat or group you want. 2. **Tap the three dots**: At the top right, then **More** and **Export chat**. 3. **Choose Without media**: WhatsApp makes a .txt file. Save it to your files or Google Drive, or send it to yourself by email. The menu names change a little between WhatsApp versions; WhatsApp's own help page shows the current ones. ## Turn the export into an Excel sheet 1. **Open the converter**: Open the [WhatsApp chat to Excel converter](https://usecircles.app/en/tools/whatsapp-chat-to-excel) on your computer or your phone. 2. **Drop the file**: Drop the .zip or the .txt on it, or tap it to choose the file. Your browser reads it, and nothing is uploaded. 3. **Download**: Download the **.xlsx** for Excel, or the **.csv** for anything else. Each message is one row. ## Good to know - **Dates are real dates.** Sort by them, filter a month, or count messages per day with a pivot table. - **Hebrew stays Hebrew.** A Hebrew chat opens right to left, and the CSV carries the mark Excel needs to read it. - **Photos are named.** Each photo or voice note has its row, with its type and file name; the files stay in the .zip. - **There is a limit.** WhatsApp's own help says an export holds up to the latest 40,000 messages without media. ## Questions and answers ### Can WhatsApp export to Excel by itself? No. WhatsApp exports a chat as a text file. A converter turns that file into a spreadsheet, with each message in its own row. ### Can I export more than one chat at once? No. WhatsApp exports one chat at a time. Export each chat, and convert each file. ### Why do Hebrew letters show as question marks in my CSV? Excel needs a mark at the start of a CSV to know it is UTF-8. The converter's CSV has it. The .xlsx needs nothing and keeps Hebrew as it is. ## Convert your chat now Free, in your browser, and the file stays on your device. [Open the chat to Excel converter →](https://usecircles.app/en/tools/whatsapp-chat-to-excel) Next time, find it by asking your AI. [Circles](https://usecircles.app/en?utm_source=guide&utm_medium=chat-to-excel) connects ChatGPT, Claude or Instinct to the WhatsApp chats you choose. ## Keep reading - [WhatsApp chat to PDF](https://usecircles.app/en/tools/whatsapp-chat-to-pdf): The chat drawn like WhatsApp, photos included, saved as a PDF. - [WhatsApp chat analyzer](https://usecircles.app/en/tools/whatsapp-chat-analyzer): Who talks most, the busiest days and hours, and what was shared. - [Export a chat to ChatGPT](https://usecircles.app/en/compare/export-chat-to-chatgpt): How to give an exported chat to an AI, and what a snapshot cannot do. --- 14 days to try everything, free and with no credit card. Then you choose a plan by what you actually used. Start: https://usecircles.app/start?lang=en