Backup WeChat messages and files to computer using WeChat for Web

Save some important data and files in WeChat conversations on the phone and want to transfer them from your phone to computer? In earlier articles, we have already showed WeChat users how to backup WeChat messages from Android to computer using WeChat for Windows or backup WeChat messages from iPhone to computer using a third party iPhone manager. In this guide, we will introduce another easy and free way to selectively transfer any chat history or files sent or received in WeChat from our mobile phone to PC or Mac. We will be using WeChat for Web on the desktop or laptop end without any third party software or app on either the computer or mobile phone. It works with all kinds of phones, like iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia, etc.

Backup WeChat messages and files to computer using WeChat for Web

Firstly run the WeChat for mobile on your cell phone and log in your WeChat account there. After that click to open the WeChat for Web from this direct link. The WeChat for Web opens in your default web browser on PC or Mac, such as IE, Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc. You will need to scan the QR code using WeChat for mobile to log in your WeChat account on computer via WeChat for Web. See this guide to scan QR code using WeChat for iPhone, and this tutorial to scan QR code using WeChat for Android.

use wechat for web on computer

Then go to your mobile phone, and find the WeChat messages or files in the chat conversations, then select and forward them to yourself on the phone, after that you will receive them in the WeChat for Web on your computer as well. You can then copy and paste the WeChat messages from web browser window to Word, Notepad or other documents on computer. Alternatively you can also take a screenshot on your computer to save the WeChat chat history as image files. See this tutorial to take screenshot on Windows 10 PC, just as an example. As to WeChat media files backup and transfer, you can click to view the photos in WeChat for web, play the video in WeChat for web, and then you will find the options to save WeChat images to computer and download WeChat videos files from WeChat for Web to computer, save WeChat sight videos to computer, etc.

save wechat videos to computer from web

You can find more details from this guide to use WeChat on computer. Now you know how to backup WeChat messages and files to computer without any third party software or apps, just the WeChat for Web.

9 thoughts on “Backup WeChat messages and files to computer using WeChat for Web”

  1. Rafael de Mestre

    Matt, there is no settings icon anymore on Wechat for Windows so no chance to backup or export chats or logs to word. I moved the chat history from Android to iPhone but I didn’t find a solution till now to get the log into Word.

  2. Hi save the file by right click on the video from wechat web but saved file appeared as 0 byte … work this on google chrome.

    1. The wechat video files are encrypted. it seems Chrome browser is not smart enough to fetch and save the actual video file. You may consider to install some Chrome extensions for web video downloading or using a separate video downloader. You can download and use Firefox browser, another free, powerful and easy to use web browser. Firefox works well with video downloading from WeChat for web.
      Alternatively you can also download and use WeChat for Windows or Mac app on your computer for the sight video transfer. Check out this guide to save WeChat sight videos to phone via WeChat for PC or Mac.

  3. This may work, but two problems.
    Firstly, it is a slow arduous process.
    Secondly, I have TONS of chat to save. So much that my phone is loosing space.
    I want to be able to select a contact and save full chat from them. And save who said what and when as well.
    Possibly in xml.

    1. @Garth, did you ever figure out a way to export an entire chat history to XML or another format that isn’t locked to a personal wechat account?

      I lost my chat history with one particular contact and want to find out how she can transfer history back to me in some way, even if a searchable data file like XML or html. It’s about 3 or 4 years, so cutting and pasting prob not realistic.

      Thanks…

  4. “then select and forward them to yourself on the phone, after that you will receive them in the WeChat for Web on your computer as well. ”

    this is not happening in my WeChat for Web. why? So I couldn’t copy and paste or save on WORD.

    1. you can try:
      1. select and forward the chats or messages to “File Transfer” other than yourself;
      2. log on wechat for web using a different browser on your computer. I am using Firefox for Windows on my PC and it seems to be working well.

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