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Open your Messenger history

Drop the Facebook download and read any Messenger conversation as clean chat bubbles.

Choose your chat export

.zip, .txt or .json · read on this device, never uploaded

No file yet?

Facebook 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 Messenger chat?

To read a Messenger chat, request Download your information for Messages from Facebook 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.

02/Step one

How do I export a chat from Messenger?

Most people get stuck at this step, so here is exactly where the export option is.

Export from Messenger

  1. 1Open Accounts Center, Your information and permissions, Download your information.
  2. 2Choose Some of your information and tick Messages.
  3. 3Set Format to JSON and request the download.
  4. 4Download the .zip when it is ready and drop it here.

The .zip from Facebook's Download your information, in JSON format.

03/Questions

Messenger chat viewer: good to know.

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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