Get your WhatsApp contacts, groups and chats out.

WAVault is a free browser extension for WhatsApp Web and WhatsApp Business. Export every contact to Excel, CSV, vCard, Google Contacts or Outlook, pull the member list of any group you are in, back up whole chats with their photos and voice notes, and save statuses. It runs inside your own browser and sends nothing anywhere.

Download WAVault 1.0 How to install View the code

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Firefox, Safari
MIT license, no account
Nothing leaves your browser

WAVault dashboard over WhatsApp Web listing 811 contacts with lists such as Saved, Unsaved, Invite list and Business, and an export bar

WhatsApp holds your contacts. It has no export button.

WAVault adds the buttons that are missing, and merges everything WhatsApp scattered into one clean list.

Customers trapped in a chat appSmall businesses run on WhatsApp Business but cannot get their customer list, sorted by label, into a spreadsheet or CRM.
Contacts split across years of phonesSwitching phones and syncing devices leaves the same person in the address book, in chats and in groups, often twice.
Group lists you cannot downloadAdmins of schools, clubs and communities need member lists for attendance, invitations or a newsletter.
Chats you want to keepThe phone exports one chat at a time. Statuses vanish after a day.

Every contact, filtered the way you need

One row per person, merged from your address book, chats and groups. Pick a list, narrow it down, tick rows if you only want some, and export.

15 lists: Saved, Unsaved, Invite list, Chatted, Unread, Business, With or without username, Group members, Blocked…
Any/Yes/No filters, group and Business label filters
Search names in any script and numbers in any format
Choose from 20 columns

Contacts guide

Business contacts filtered with Refine, four rows selected for export — The Business list with the Refine panel open and four rows selected.

Member lists for any group you are in

Load member lists once, tick groups, export. Each member comes with a role: Owner, Admin or Member.

Excel gives one sheet per group
One row per person removes duplicates across groups
Or export the group list itself, with sizes and dates

Groups guide

Eight WhatsApp groups with member counts, roles and dates, two selected — Two groups selected: 16 members ready to export.

Chat backups you can open anywhere

Pick chats, formats, media and a period. WAVault loads the history page by page, decrypts the media and saves a ZIP with a folder per chat.

HTML viewer that looks like WhatsApp, with search
Text in WhatsApp's own export layout, plus JSON and CSV
Photos, videos, voice notes, documents, stickers
Says plainly which chats have partial history

Chat backup guide

A backed-up group chat in the offline HTML viewer, with a photo and replies — A backed-up chat, opened offline in the browser.

Save statuses before they disappear

All current updates, grouped by contact. Save one in original quality, or select several and get a ZIP with a gallery page.

Status guide

Status updates from nine contacts, five selected for saving — Five updates selected for one ZIP.

Formats other apps can import

Excel.xlsx, numbers keep their +

CSVUTF-8, opens right in Excel

Google Contactscontacts.google.com import

OutlookOutlook and Microsoft 365

vCard 3.0 and 4.0iPhone, Android, iCloud

JSONfor developers

Numbers listone +number per line

HTML and PDFto read, share or print

Install in two minutes

Download
Get the zip for your browser from the latest release and unzip it into a folder you keep.
Load it
Open your browser's extensions page, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked and choose the folder.
Open WhatsApp Web
Log in at web.whatsapp.com and click the WAVault tab on the right edge.

Chrome, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Arc	`chrome://extensions` (Brave: `brave://extensions`) → Developer mode → Load unpacked
Microsoft Edge	`edge://extensions` → Developer mode → Load unpacked
Firefox 140+	`about:debugging` → This Firefox → Load Temporary Add-on, or sign your copy for a permanent install
Safari	Build once with Xcode on a Mac, then enable it in Safari settings

Full install guide for every browser

Your data stays on your computer

No server

No account, analytics, tracking or remote code. WAVault makes no network requests of its own.

Read-only

It never sends messages and never changes your chats, contacts or groups.

Open source

Every line is on GitHub under the MIT license, so anyone can check this. Privacy policy

Questions

How do I export all my WhatsApp contacts to Excel?

Install WAVault, open WhatsApp Web, click the WAVault tab on the right edge, stay on All contacts, choose Excel in the format menu and click Export.

Can I export the members of a WhatsApp group?

Yes, for every group you are a member of. Open Groups, click Load member lists, tick the groups and export. Members whose number WhatsApp hides are shown as Hidden number.

Does WAVault work with WhatsApp Business?

Yes. Business labels become filters and an export column, and business names are exported.

Does WAVault upload my data?

No. It has no server and makes no network requests of its own. Files are created in your browser and saved to your computer.

Can I back up WhatsApp chats with photos to my computer?

Yes. In Chats, pick the chats, formats and media types, and click Back up. You get a ZIP with a folder per chat, the media files and an offline viewer that looks like WhatsApp.

Is WAVault free?

Yes. It is free and open source under the MIT license, with no account and no limits.

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