KakaoTalk PC Export Details, Opening the File and Differences From Your Phone
The menu for exporting on PC is in the PC export guide. This page covers what comes after the export: checking the file and how it can differ from your phone's records.
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How do I open and check the exported file?
Find the file in the folder where you saved it and open it with a basic text editor such as Notepad. If the chat appears in order of date and name, it is fine. If the characters look garbled, try loading it into the app directly. After opening it, it is safest to close it without saving.
Can the PC and phone chats differ?
The period or records kept can differ by device. We could not confirm from an official source which device keeps which period. For an important chat, export it from each device you can, and note which device you exported from and when.
Can I export from both the phone and the PC?
Yes. If two exports of the same chat room differ, that difference is itself information, so keep both.
How should I name files and folders?
Put the export date in the folder name (for example, 2026-10-29_chatroomname). Keep the original file in a separate folder and work from a copy.
Privacy
Reading the file, building the PDF and calculating hashes all happen in your browser. No chat or attachment is uploaded and there is no account. See the privacy policy and the disclaimer.
Related guides
- KakaoTalk export on Android, iPhone and PC in one guide
- Exporting KakaoTalk chats on PC
- How to keep the original KakaoTalk chat
- What a hash does and does not prove
Sources (checked 2026-10-29)
- KakaoTalk Customer Center: https://cs.kakao.com/ (we could not open and read the page body in this check. Please confirm it yourself.) We could not confirm menu names from an official source, and they may differ by app version.
Ready to try it?
Drop your exported .txt file on the convokeep app for a free preview. The first 3 pages are free (watermarked, no integrity page); saving the full PDF is a one-time paid feature. No chat or attachment is uploaded: the file is read in your browser. To check later that a file is unchanged, use the hash checker.
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