Why contact export is harder than it looks
A WhatsApp Web sidebar can show a saved name, a raw international number, a business name or a profile identity. That means a useful spreadsheet needs more than copying the visible text from one row. A good export workflow should preserve the chat order, avoid mismatching one person’s number with another name, and write phone numbers as text so spreadsheet software does not convert them to scientific notation.
Step 1: Sync the WhatsApp chat list
Open WhatsApp Web and let WA Contact Exporter Pro run Instant Sync. This is the fast discovery stage. It reads the chat list into a searchable side panel without opening every conversation. You can immediately see which rows already expose a phone number and which rows are name-only.
Step 2: Use Deep Scan for a more complete list
Deep Scan is the slower, optional stage. It opens chats serially, verifies the target chat, checks available identity information and then moves to the next row. When WhatsApp exposes a phone number in a visible Contact Info field, the extension can attach that number to the verified contact. If it cannot verify a number safely, it keeps the phone field blank instead of guessing.
Step 3: Select and export to XLSX
Select the contacts you want, or use Select All when your plan allows it, then export to XLSX. The exporter writes phone values as spreadsheet text. This matters for long international numbers because applications such as Excel may otherwise display a value like 8801960000000 as 8.80196E+12.
Save important contacts before export
If a contact matters to your workflow, save it inside the extension. You can edit the display name, keep the phone number, add a private note and reopen the chat later with Open Chat. The saved contact book is separate from the raw WhatsApp chat list, which keeps the interface clean.
Free and Pro limits
The free version lets you test the workflow with the first 20 usable chats and up to five group phone numbers. Pro removes the product limits and adds unlimited saved contacts plus Excel/CSV import. This makes the free version useful for verification while keeping large workflows for Pro users.
Try the workflow
The free version is designed to let you test real chat sync, contact selection and limited group export before buying Pro. Pro is currently USD $19.99 as a one-time lifetime license.
WA Contact Exporter Pro is an independent tool and is not affiliated with WhatsApp or Meta.
