Tech tips: How to move your chats from WhatsApp to Telegram Tech tips: How to move your chats from WhatsApp to Telegram Telegram enables users to move chats and media from other messaging apps by using the Export Chat menu. advertisement (Picture: Reuters) Telegram notes that it does not occupy extra space in the process. Signal enables users to move group contacts between apps. Telegram had rolled out an option to transfer chats from any social media app along with the media. Many users have switched to alternatives like Telegram and Signal as WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has raised discussions on privacy and has attracted government intervention as well. Even though WhatsApp has noted that the app will not stop working for users who do not immediately accept the new privacy policy, the messaging app is still under fire from the authorities. If you are skeptical about the new terms of service and have already moved to an alternative app, you can move your chats from WhatsApp to Telegram by following the given steps: