XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   micky  wrote:   
   > In comp.mobile.android, on Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:49:27 -0500, micky   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >Trying to export chats from Whatsapp to windows 11.   
   > >   
   > >Twice it worked, then immediateadly stopped.   
   > >   
   > >17 more tries, one worked!   
   > >   
   > >Phone is only 2 feet from laptop, but once I held it 6 inches away, no   
   > >change.   
   > >   
   > >Sometimes it says  "whatsapp share file file not sent" and once in a   
   > >while there's a different error message.   
   > >   
   > >Yesterday it wouldn't work at all.   
   > >   
   > >Also can't export to Google drive, yesterday not at all, today once, but   
   > >not the second time!   
   >   
   > And the one I just exported to Drive, I can't find in Drive?   
   > >   
   > >what's up   
      
     Please describe *exactly* what you're doing on which device (phone or   
   laptop). Our crystal balls are in the shop this week.   
      
     *And* explain *what* you try to accomplish.   
      
     AFAIK, there's no 'export' of chatS (plural) in WhatsApp. Only of *a*   
   chat (singular), i.e. the communication with *one* person (or group).   
      
     An export of a chat *can* be shared to Google Drive, but can be shared   
   to any Share-able destination, for example e-mail.   
      
     Other than the above export of a single chat. there are:   
      
   - You can *backup* chats (Settings -> Chats -> Chat backup), which is   
     backed up to Google Drive, but is 'invisible' in Google Drive and only   
     visible to a virgin WhatApp app on a new phone, i.e. this is a way to   
     get chats from an old phone to a new one.   
      
   - There is also a way to *transfer* chats from an old phone to a new one   
     *without* going through Google Drive (Settings -> Chats -> Tranfer   
     chats).   
      
   - And there is *archive* chats (Settings -> Chats -> Chat history ->   
     Archive all chats).   
      
     In all of this, the computer does not really get into the picture,   
   unless you do a Share-type operation where the destination 'happens' to   
   be the computer.   
      
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