In terms of communications between Internet users, several applications can be distinguished that are at the forefront in terms of trust, quality and, most of the time, stability in their services. To exchange instant messages, videos, photos and more, WhatsApp and Telegram are competing for the first place . So if you still have doubts about moving the application, you can try importing the chats and you will confirm if it is worth it or not.
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- What is the difference between importing and exporting a chat?
- Where is the ‘Export chat’ option located in WhatsApp?
- To which part of Telegram will the chat be imported?
- Share with a specific contact
- Share with a specific contact
- What happens to the media files during export?
- Storage options
- Is it possible to use the import from WhatsApp Web?
What is the difference between importing and exporting a chat?
There is a big difference between importing and exporting chats, it is understood by importing when a change of mobile device is made and WhatsApp is installed again. This implies recovering chat if the user so wishes, he can do it from the same backup copy of the application. On the other hand, it is understood by exporting when chats are used and extracted from WhatsApp to another application, such as Gmail, Telegram, Dropbox, or any application that receives .txt. It is a very useful function for those who want to change their instant messaging application .
Where is the ‘Export chat’ option located in WhatsApp?
This option is not found in the application settings, however it can be easily located, it is only necessary to enter the chat that you want to export, then in the upper right part of the upper right in the three points, click on ‘more’ and immediately you see the option to ‘export chat’ .
To which part of Telegram will the chat be imported?
Once the chats have been imported from WhatsApp to Telegram , you can place them in the same conversation where you entered them. If you chose the option that the images and videos will also be shown, it will take a little more time. However, the Telegram application saves all your chats in the cloud, meaning that these imported chats are safely stored.
Share with a specific contact
When making the decision to export a chat from one application to another, you must also choose which user you want to share this information with. It may be that it is a user with whom you have a constant conversation and you just want to keep the thread of it, so it is quite useful to import the chat . Another option offered by the application is to export it to a Telegram group , you just have to follow the same steps, but in this case you must choose ‘import to a new group’.
Share with a specific contact
When making the decision to export a chat from one application to another, you must also choose which user you want to share this information with. It may be that it is a user with whom you have a constant conversation and you just want to keep the thread of it, so it is quite useful to import the chat . Another option offered by the application is to export it to a Telegram group, you just have to follow the same steps, but in this case you must choose ‘import to a new group’.
What happens to the media files during export?
During the export of the chats between these applications, an option is reflected in the process of whether or not the user wants to also export the multimedia content, that is, images and videos . If the user chooses to export everything, the application will attach all these files and transfer them to the Telegram chat where they can enjoy their information without any loss.
Storage options
As an important fact, Telegram always tries to occupy the least amount of memory possible on the devices, but how does it do it? Easy, your storage is in the cloud, on what is known as a digital hard drive , not on the phone. So based on this, when your media content and chats are imported , you are not adding any major burden to the existing chat on Telegram as it is stored virtually.
For this reason, if you really want to change the main instant messaging application, Telegram is giving very good results with respect to the memory used. You just have to take into account that WhatsApp has certain limitations regarding the amount of content to export, since if it is only chat it allows 40 thousand messages , but if multimedia is attached the amount is reduced to 10,000 messages.
Is it possible to use the import from WhatsApp Web?
Unfortunately, even the WhatsApp web does not have the update that allows the import of chats from its page. Therefore, this action should only be performed from mobile devices such as phones or tablets. It does not mean that you will never have this function, however, as in everything related to technology, you have to wait a bit for the creators to enable this option also on WhatsApp Web.