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Read your Instagram DMs from the data download
Instagram sends your messages as JSON files with garbled emoji. Drop the download and read every thread properly.
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.zip, .txt or .json · read on this device, never uploaded
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Instagram prepares your messages after you ask for them and emails you when the .zip is ready. Ask for it now, then come back to this page.
Short answer
How do I open an exported Instagram chat?
To read an Instagram chat, request Download your information for Messages in JSON format and download the .zip, then drop the file on chatview. It opens in your browser as chat bubbles you can search by word, person or date, with photos shown when they are in the export. Viewing is free, needs no account, and the file is never uploaded.
01/What you get
Your chat, finally readable.
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Fixes the broken emoji and accented letters
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Pick any thread from the download
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Search and export to PDF
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Read on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
02/Step one
How do I export a chat from Instagram?
Most people get stuck at this step, so here is exactly where the export option is.
Export from Instagram
- 1Go to Settings, Accounts Center, Your information and permissions.
- 2Tap Download your information and choose Some of your information, then Messages.
- 3Pick Download to device, Format JSON, and request the file.
- 4When Instagram emails you, download the .zip and drop it here.
The .zip from Download your information, in JSON format.
03/Questions
Instagram DM viewer: good to know.
Why are the emojis broken in my Instagram download?
Instagram writes text in a way that shows emoji and accented letters as strange characters. chatview repairs them automatically when it opens the file.
Is my chat uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is opened and read inside your browser tab. Nothing from the chat is sent to our servers when you view, search or export it. If you buy, the payment goes to Stripe and still no chat content leaves your device.
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