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How to transfer all of your WhatsApp chat history to Telegram

WhatsApp recently saw a great pushback from users across the world as it launched the new privacy policy.

By Student MattersPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Users are not at all happy about the private data collection from the company and are moving to other safer choices such as Signal and Telegram.

New Delhi: WhatsApp recently saw a great pushback from users across the world as it launched the new privacy policy. Users are not at all happy about the private data collection from the company and are moving to other safer choices such as Signal and Telegram.

Telegram has recently introduced a feature which lets the user shift their WhatsApp chat history/ backup to the Telegram app. Telegram released this update for iOS. The recent 7.4 update for the app saw the inclusion of history import tool.

The new update includes features such as move message history from other apps such as WhatsApp, Line, KakaoTalk to Telegram. The users can now delete messages, groups they created, secret chats, and call history for all sides, without a trace.

Telegram instantly released another update with 7.4.1 which did not mention about the migration tool. It is to note that users will be able to use this feature on Telegram.

Export your WhatsApp chats to Telegram

In order to export the chat backup from WhatsApp to Telegram, users need to have the latest updated versions of both the apps on their phone.

The users will have to export individual threads as there is no option available to move multiple threads at once. Here are simple steps to export your chats:

1. Open your WhatsApp and desired thread to export

2. Go to contact's info and select the option 'Export Chat'. You can export chats with or without media, choose your option.

3. You need to choose Telegram from the sharing menu and contact you want your imported chats to assign to.

4. You need to choose 'Import' and this will assign your WhatsApp chats to Telegram.

How to share media from Telegram to Whatsapp

Telegram messenger app is not much popular like WhatsApp but still, the features provided by it are superior then WhatsApp specially the capabilities of Group chat and privacy. The telegram also allows its users to send files up to 1GB which is another reason why people are shifting from WhatsApp to Telegram. Just like WhatsApp Telegram App also allow users to share pictures, Videos, Documents, Audio files, Location, and contacts. But still, it is difficult for a user to ditch WhatsApp completely and adopt Telegram because most of our friends and other contacts are still on WhatsApp. Now, the problem is many times you need to forward WhatsApp messages to Telegram or share Telegram media to WhatsApp which is not possible directly because of the different architecture of these two apps. But you can share files from Telegram to Whatsapp or vice vera and here is the way.

How to Share Picture from Telegram to WhatsApp

  1. Go to your Telegram App.
  2. Open the Chat from where you want to share the Picture.
  3. Tap on the image which you want to download first to save it on your Telegram account.
  4. Now tap on the picture you want to share.
  5. You will see a full-screen picture and also a share icon on the bottom right side of the screen.
  6. Tap on the share icon.
  7. All apps such as WhatsApp, Gmail, Facebook, Messenger and other platforms icons will appear where a person can share media files.
  8. Now select the WhatsApp icon.
  9. Select the WhatsApp contact to whom you want to share the picture.
  10. And tap on the send button of WhatsApp.

How to Share Video, Music & document files from Telegram to WhatsApp

  1. Open the Chat on Telegram.
  2. Identify the Music, video or other files you want to share from Telegram to WhatsApp.
  3. Tap on the Video, APK file, Music or document which you want to download first to save it on your Telegram account.
  4. Now, tap on the three dots given on right top corner of the Video, music or document files.
  5. You will see a pop-up menu, select the share option.
  6. List of all apps where you can share the video, music and files will appear including the WhatsApp and Telegram.
  7. Tap on the WhatsApp icon.
  8. Select the WhatsApp contact whom you want to share the Music or transfer Document file.

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