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Telegram chat to PDF on Android

Telegram's own export tool lives in its desktop app, and the guides for phones end in a bot or a browser extension. 2doc signs into your own Telegram account on the phone, reads the chat you pick for the period you pick, and writes a PDF there. Nothing goes to us.

What the PDF contains

The chat under its name, marked as Telegram.
A date line for every day, and the time on every message.
In groups, every speaker named on their messages.
Replies, forwards, captions and edits kept with the message they belong to, and albums grouped as Telegram shows them.
Photos and video frames, when you turn on Media attachments.
Link preview cards as Telegram attached them. 2doc fetches nothing from the linked site.
Stickers, locations and polls, and voice messages as text when you turn transcription on.
Page numbers on every page. The free version adds a "Created with 2doc" line in the page footer.

Telegram group chat exported to PDF with 2doc: Weekend Hikers, every speaker named, a quoted reply, dated and timed messages — Page one of a Telegram group as a PDF, from a test chat with made-up messages: speakers named, a reply shown with the message it answers.

Export a Telegram chat to PDF

Open 2doc, tap Create Document, then Telegram.
Sign in: enter your phone number, then the verification code Telegram sends to your other Telegram apps or by SMS, then your two-step verification password if you use one. The sign-in talks to Telegram directly. Handrolled Apps never sees your code or your password.
Search your chats. Results are split into Your chats and Public results, so a public channel you are not a member of can be imported too.
Choose the import options: Media attachments, Link previews, Voice transcription. Tap Import chat.
Pick the period. 2doc shows progress while it reads older messages, and says so if a period is too far back to reach in full.
Tap Generate Document, then Share or Print.

The session stays on the phone until you end it: Settings → Log out of Telegram in 2doc, or Settings → Devices in Telegram itself, where it is listed like any other signed-in device.

2doc's Telegram sign-in on Android: enter your phone number with country code, then Send Code — Step 2: sign in with your own number. The code comes from Telegram, not from us.

2doc's Telegram chat picker: search chats, a private chat, a group, a channel and an archived chat, with Log out — Step 3: the chat picker, here on a test account with made-up chats. Private chats, groups, channels and archived chats all appear.

2doc import options for a Telegram chat: media attachments, voice transcription, link previews, tappable links — Step 4: the import options. Voice transcription is off until you turn it on.

Print a Telegram chat

Open the finished document and tap Print. Android's print dialog opens with your printer, or Save as PDF, as the target. 2doc hands the file only to the print service you pick there. If the phone answers "Printing is not available", it has no print service installed: share the PDF to your email or Google Drive and print from a computer.

What is free

Everything on this page, with a free Telegram account. Pro is a single one-time purchase, with no subscription and no ads in either version. It unlocks longer date ranges, several conversations in one document, extra image layouts, and removes the "Created with 2doc" page footer.

What can be missing

Voice transcription is done by Telegram, on Telegram's servers, and only where your account allows it: Telegram Premium, or a free trial left this week. 2doc sends Telegram only the message identifiers; the audio never leaves your Telegram account. It is off by default.
Very old periods can be out of reach. When that happens the section is marked incomplete instead of stopping short in silence, and a shorter or more recent period will be complete.
One section holds a limited number of messages. In a very busy chat the section keeps the newest and says so; a shorter period fits everything.
Secret chats belong to the device that started them. A new session, 2doc's included, cannot read them.

Questions

What does 2doc get when I sign in?

A normal Telegram session on your phone, the same kind a second phone would get. Telegram lists it under Settings → Devices, where you can end it at any time. 2doc reads the chat you pick, for the period you pick, and nothing else. The privacy policy has the details.

Can I export a channel or a group?

Yes. In groups every speaker is named. Public channels appear under Public results in the search, whether or not you follow them.

Do I need Telegram Premium?

Only for voice transcription, and only because Telegram does the transcribing. Everything else works with a free account.

Several chats in one document?

One chat per document is free. Several conversations in one document is a Pro feature.

Does it need a computer?

No. Sign-in, reading and the PDF all happen on the phone.