Chat Export

Learn how to export your message history from specific rooms. With the chat export function, you safely retrieve all your messages, attachments, and important data onto your computer. This is how you do it step by step.

Note: Chat export is currently only available via the BEAM web client. Open BEAM in your browser to get started.

Step-by-step: here is how you export your chat

1. Open the desired room or chat
   Go to the conversation whose history you want to keep.
2. Open room info
   Click on the information icon in the top right corner of the window.
3. Start export
   Select Chat export from the dropdown menu.
4. Choose file format
   • HTML → Preserves formatting, emojis and links
   • Plain text → No formatting or media
   • JSON → Contains full metadata
5. Determine scope
   Choose how many messages you want to include (see explanation below).
6. Choose whether to export attachments
   Check the Add attachments box to keep images, videos and documents in the file.
7. Set file size
   Default is set to 100 MB. Adjust this if you are exporting many attachments.
8. Download file
   Click Save. The export is generated and download starts automatically.
9. Save file
   Choose a location on your computer where you can find it easily.

Which option suits you?

Scope: How many messages do you want?

Option	When do you choose this?
From the beginning	You want a complete overview or a complete audit trail of the room.
Last X messages	You want to save space or only archive recent conversations.

Format: Which file format do you choose?

Format	Benefits	Drawbacks
HTML	Preserves formatting, emojis, links and room composition.	Gives a slightly larger file.
TXT	Very small file, readable in any text editor or spreadsheet.	No formatting and attachments.
JSON	Contains all metadata (timestamps, users, etc.). Easy to process in software.	Less suitable for manual reading.