Facebook Chat Export

Social media is an important part of our daily lives, and various accounts of different types help you get in touch with individuals, either from a personal or business account. As such, you might need to save conversations, and if Facebook is the place of interest, then Facebook Chat Export is all you need.

Before you can start looking up conversations and saving sessions, you need to go through the setup process to make things work. However, your computer needs to be fitted with .NET Framework, but chances are it’s already there, because it’s found by default in modern iterations of Windows.

Needless to say that you need to log in to your Facebook account to get started. This is done through the application window, especially since it acts as a stand-alone browser. In fact, it’s fitted with a URL field and navigation controls, and allows you to jump to any other page, but no web features are enforced here, with focus put on chat downloads.

Once in your account, you’re free to navigate just as you would from a web browser. This means you can access the Timeline, as well as messages, without starting a download, since it’s not an automated session. However, to be able to download a session, you first need to access the chat of interest.

Selection is exported to a location of choice. The conversation is saved as a PDF file, which is both good and bad, since you can’t exactly have direct editing capabilities. You can choose to load and save the active session, or all possible chats. A session can be printed, but be sure there’s enough paper in the printer first.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Facebook Chat Export manages to get the job done well, and even lets you freely navigate through your Facebook account, but also through the entire web, because it’s designed as a web browser, but with emphasis on downloading chat sessions.