Guides

Getting a chat out of an app, step by step, and what each way of bringing it in can show.

• How to export a WhatsApp chat on iPhone

  The exact steps to export a WhatsApp chat on iPhone, why to pick Without Media, why your phone beats a computer, and what to do if the export won’t work.

• Why WhatsApp Web doesn’t show your old messages

  WhatsApp Web and Desktop only get a copy of your recent messages from your phone. Why old messages don’t show on a computer, and where the full history is.

• How to analyze your Instagram DMs

  How to analyze Instagram DMs from screenshots: how to take them, what a quick read can count, what it can’t, and whether Instagram tells the other person.

• How to analyze your iMessage texts

  How to analyze an iMessage conversation on iPhone from screenshots: why there’s no export, how to take them, and what a quick read can and can’t count.

• How to analyze a Snapchat chat

  How to analyze a Snapchat chat from screenshots: Snapchat shows a screenshot icon, how to take them, and what a quick read can and can’t count.

• How to analyze a Hinge chat

  How to analyze a Hinge conversation from screenshots: what Hinge lets you capture, how to take them, and what a quick read can and can’t count in an early chat.