Software >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Microsoft Store)
https://www.whatsapp.com/

A communications app of some sort.

• Has an artificial intelligence you can chat with.

• 2024-04-21 – 2.2413.1.0 on Windows 11

2024-04-21 – 2.2413.1.0 ∞

• Cannot minimize to the tray? I thought this was a mature and popular project?

Usage and troubleshooting ∞

Cannot minimize to the tray ∞

• 2024-04-21 – RBTray leaves an item in the taskbar.
• 2024-04-21 – WhatsappTray doesn’t work.
• 2024-04-21 – eXtra Buttons is said to work.

• 2024-04-21 – TrayButton is said to work, but it’s closed-source.

How to export a chat ∞

This is distinct from How to back up WhatsApp content (not downloadable)

• How to export your chat history

• How to back up your chat history

1. On Android
2. Settings > Chats > Chat history > Export chat
3. Select your conversation

4. Select your preferred way to send the zip file

   • for example gmail

If you’d like to clean up the text, you can do a search-replace with a regular expression-capable text editor like Geany:

YEAR(.*)YOURNAME:(.*)
=>
\n---\n\nYEAR\1YOURNAME:\2

2024(.*)THEIRNAME:(.*)
=>
\n2024\1THEIRNAME:\2

How to back up WhatsApp content (not downloadable) ∞

This is distinct from How to export a chat

On Android: Settings > Chats > Chat backup

You associate it with your Google Drive and get the zip file there.

The file will be here: https://drive.google.com/drive/backups

https://one.google.com/backup/management/whatsapp