Which Meta-owned app can Telegram import chat history from?

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Telegram can import chat history from WhatsApp. The feature lets people transfer exported conversations, including messages and media, into a Telegram private chat or group, making it easier to move between messaging services without abandoning old conversations.

Telegram introduced this capability in 2021 and described support for WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk. On WhatsApp, a user exports a conversation and chooses Telegram from the sharing menu. Telegram then processes the exported file and adds the messages to a destination chat, preserving original timestamps where the import format allows it.

The feature does not make WhatsApp and Telegram one synchronized account. It is a one-time migration of exported data, and import limitations can depend on the source app, media files, chat size, and the destination chat's permissions. Threads, Messenger, and Instagram are all Meta-owned or Meta-linked services in various ways, but they are not the app named in Telegram's documented import feature.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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