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Open Telegram chat exports
Telegram Desktop exports a JSON file that is hard to read. Drop it here and read the conversation the way it looked in the app.
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.zip, .txt or .json · read on this device, never uploaded
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Telegram exports chats only from Telegram Desktop on a computer (Windows, Mac or Linux). Send yourself this page and open it there.
Short answer
How do I open an exported Telegram chat?
To read a Telegram chat, open the chat in Telegram Desktop, choose Export chat history and set the format to JSON, 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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Reads result.json from Telegram Desktop
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Search, filter by date and by person
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Export to PDF or Excel when you need it
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Read on your device. Nothing is uploaded.
02/Step one
How do I export a chat from Telegram?
Most people get stuck at this step, so here is exactly where the export option is.
Export from Telegram
- 1Open the chat in Telegram Desktop (Windows, Mac or Linux).
- 2Click the three dots in the top right and choose Export chat history.
- 3Set Format to Machine-readable JSON, pick what to include, then Export.
- 4Drop result.json, or the whole export folder as a .zip, here.
result.json from Telegram Desktop, or the export folder zipped.
03/Questions
Telegram chat viewer: good to know.
Which Telegram export works?
Telegram Desktop with Machine-readable JSON chosen as the format. Single chats and full account exports both work; for a full export you pick the chat after opening it.
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.
How much does it cost?
Viewing, searching and the preview are free with no account. A clean PDF is $4.99 and the Evidence Pack is $14.99, paid once per chat. The Case Pass at $19.99 covers every chat for 30 days. There is no subscription.
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