[RangoWorld]

Yes , 1 contact. I know there's some softwares out there.. But yea lets see what you all got.
Android has many options unfortunately compared to Iphone.

Open Whatsapp Web and use third party tool or extension like WAexport to export chat in HTML or Txt or CSV.

[Dai DAWEI]

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Alright, here's a bash at it... there are two suggestions I would make depending on your situation. but it depends on whether you care more about cleanliness or speed.

Option 1 – WhatsApp Web (clean but manual)

This method avoids WhatsApp export files entirely and gives you readable text.

Open WhatsApp Web on a desktop browser

Link the iPhone via QR code

Open the target chat

Scroll all the way to the top and wait a few seconds so the full history loads

Select the messages and copy/paste into a document or text file

Pros:

• No ZIP files
  


• No export headers
  


• No system metadata
  


• Very clean output
  

Cons:

Slow for very large or multi-year chats

Requires manual scrolling

Option 2 – iOS export + stripping (fastest for huge chats)

This is the fastest way if the conversation is years old.

On the iPhone:
Chat → Contact Info → Export Chat → Without Media

You’ll get a ZIP with a .txt file containing the full conversation.
It includes WhatsApp system lines, but those can be stripped cleanly.

Below is an actual working example. Create a python file in the same directory as the chat.txt or rename the chat.txt in the script.. whichever works best...You can call it whatever you want if clean_whatsapp.py then the following command will run it..

python clean_whatsapp.py

Code

import re

INPUT_FILE = "chat.txt"
OUTPUT_FILE = "chat_clean.txt"

system_patterns = [
r'Messages to this chat are now secured',
r'changed the subject',
r'changed this group's icon',
r'added',
r'left',
r'joined',
r'created group',
r'You deleted this message',
r'You missed a (voice|video) call',
r'‎'
]

with open(INPUT_FILE, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
lines = f.readlines()

cleaned = []
for line in lines:
if any(re.search(p, line) for p in system_patterns):
continue
cleaned.append(line)

with open(OUTPUT_FILE, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
f.writelines(cleaned)

This outputs a clean, readable text file with:

Full chat history

No system messages

No encryption notices

No media references

Summary

WhatsApp Web is best for smaller chats where you want manual control or iOS export + stripping is best for very large or long-running conversations

Both are decent options

Open Whatsapp Web and use third party tool or extension like WAexport to export chat in HTML or Txt or CSV.

looks like the web version wont display older messages like the previous years , they ask you to refer to your phone...

Exporting via phone have a chance of corruption I tried it , and yea extracting it halfway ended up to be corrupted. Is at least like 15GB above lol....