Some users wanted a way to move their chat history from WhatsApp over to Telegram. Two weeks ago we realized this should be theoretically possible, and yesterday Telegram made this feature available on both iOS and Android, together with many other improvements. It also supports migrating chats from KakaoTalk and Line – two other Pre-Telegram apps.
Nothing like this has ever been made possible by a major app, and our team had to implement some serious magic to make it work. We are happy with the result: moving messages to Telegram allows people to save disk space and stop worrying about third-party backups or changing devices.
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The feature currently imports messages to the end of the target Telegram conversation but retains the original timestamps of messages. Some folks have been asking whether we can mix the existing messages in a Telegram chat with the imported messages in one unified timeline. This should be possible if the target chat (where you import messages) has fewer than 100 messages, so we’ve started to work on that.
Telegram also provides free APIs for third-party developers who want to create tools that will allow users to import messages to Telegram from anywhere. Hopefully, such tools will help add support for more apps than this first wave of three – and also allow users to import multiple chats or their entire inbox at once.
The original meaning of the paper plane on the Telegram logo means “freedom”. For us, freedom of choice and data portability is paramount. People should be in complete control over their own data – and their own lives.
HOW TO MOVE CHAT:
On Android:
- Open a chat on WhatsApp or other supporting apps
- Tap on the More option
- Select export chat
- Choose the Telegram icon from the share list
- Select Telegram chat or contact where you want to move chat
On iOS:
- Open a contact or group info of chat WhatsApp or other supporting apps
- Select export chat
- Choose the Telegram icon from the share list
- Select Telegram chat or contact where you want to move chat
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