How to Keep the Original KakaoTalk Chat, What to Do With the Exported File
After you export a chat, what you do with the file matters. The simple habit of not touching the original makes things easier to explain later.
Not legal advice. This page is general information. Whether a court admits or relies on a chat is for the court; convokeep does not promise admission or any outcome. What is needed differs by case, so check with a lawyer or the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (☎132).
What is the original?
It is the file first created by the export. A file you opened, edited and saved is not the original. Leave the original as it is, and do PDF conversion or redaction on a copy or in the app.
Where should I keep it?
Do not keep it in only one place; keep it in two or more (for example, your computer and an external drive). Put the export date in the folder name, and write a short note of which device you exported from and when.
How does recording the hash value help?
If you calculate the file's SHA-256 with the hash checker right after exporting and write it down, you can later compare it to see whether the file is unchanged. A hash only shows that the file has not changed since the export. It cannot show that nothing was deleted before the export. More.
Should I keep the chat on my phone?
Whether you may delete the original chat from your phone differs by case, so check with a lawyer or the responsible agency. Export it first before changing devices or deleting the app.
Can I rename the file?
Renaming alone, with the content unchanged, does not affect the hash. It is still easier to explain if you note the original name too.
Can I keep it in the cloud?
Where to store the file is your choice. convokeep does not send files to a server, but any cloud service you use follows that service's own policy.
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
- What a hash does and does not prove
- How to export a KakaoTalk chat
- How to submit KakaoTalk chats as evidence
- Make a PDF of a KakaoTalk chat
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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