How to export over 40.000 messages from Whatsapp

[Android Central Question]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to export a full transcript of a conversation on Whatsapp, but I can't seem to export more than 40000 messages. Is there a way to open the Google Drive back-up from Whatsapp or use external software to export more?

All help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Peter

 

[SpookDroid]

There's no way to view the back up in plain text (not without breaking the encryption, that is). As for the export, not sure if the limit comes from Whatsapp, but if it does, I'd guess you could modify the right file (this requires root) to maybe increase the limit (similar to the workaround to increase the media attachment limit beyond 16MB).

 

[B. Diddy]

I moved this to the WhatsApp forum for more specific traffic.