Importing WhatsApp Chats into Telegram on Your iPhone: A Step-By-Step Guide

Did you know that in January 2021 alone, more than a million new users joined Telegram? The stunning growth of this encrypted messaging app’s user base has been strongly linked to the migration of the users of Telegram’s rival chat app called WhatsApp.  

The Fallout

According to WhatsApp’s former users, they were concerned about the platform’s confusing privacy policy update that implies that more of the users’ data will be shared with Facebook. WhatsApp responded by trying to make its users understand that the privacy changes were only related to business owners and not the privacy of people’s messages on the messaging platform.  

However, their attempt at dealing with the massive fallout wasn’t as effective as they hoped it would be. Meanwhile, Telegram’s developers didn’t waste any time. They readily took advantage of these events by releasing an update to their own app which allows users to import their old chats from WhatsApp into Telegram.  

New to Telegram?

Are you one of the countless others who’ve decided to leave WhatsApp for Telegram? If you intend to keep your chat history intact as you transfer each conversation to the rival platform, follow these steps:

• First, you should launch WhatsApp on your iPhone.
• Next, find the conversation thread that you want to transfer to telegram and tap it.

• Scroll down before selecting Export Chat.
• A pop-up should appear. Once it does, be sure to select either Without Media or Attach Media.
• Once the Share menu appears on your screen, select the Telegram app.
• After selecting the app, you may select the contact that you intend to import the conversation to. If you’re trying to import a group conversation, you may select Import to a New Group.
• You should be prompted by a pop-up to confirm your action. Be sure to tap Import.

• Once you see a message popping up to inform you that the import has been successfully completed, tap Done.

After completing the steps shown above, you can expect your messages to be imported into the current day on Telegram. However, they’ll also include their original timestamps so that all members of a group conversation on Telegram will be able to see these messages.

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