Exporting Messages
Note: If you are an EMS server admin and wish to export your entire EMS server, please see Migrate From EMS to Self-Hosted.
Using your Element client you can export your Room's message history in HTML, Plain Text or JSON format - including attachments.
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Open the room you wish to export message history
![](https://ems-docs.element.io/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/image-1670515303653.png)
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Access 'Room Info' using the icon in the top right
![](https://ems-docs.element.io/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/image-1670515250670.png)
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Select 'Export Chat', then confirm your desired settings for export
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Finally click 'Export' - once the export has completed you will be prompted to save an archive of the export.
![](https://ems-docs.element.io/uploads/images/gallery/2022-12/scaled-1680-/image-1670515128841.png)