Decipher Chat Release Notes

April 21, 2026 - Decipher Chat 26.4.3

• Bug fixes.

March 24, 2026 - Decipher Chat 26.4.2

• Improvements to speed up the iOS backup process.
• Fixes to properly read very old WhatsApp data.
• Fixes issues where some WeChat conversations would not display.
• Bug fixes.

January 30, 2026 - Decipher Chat 26.3.5

• Correctly labels Viber "My Notes" section.
• Fixes issues reading some WhatsApp zip files exported from Android.
• Speed improvements for reading encrypted iPhone backups.
• Bug fixes.

January 20, 2026 - Decipher Chat 26.3.2

• Fixes WeChat missing file attachments.
• Fixes issues importing WhatsApp zip exports.
• Improvements to window for making an iPhone backup.

December 22, 2025 - Decipher Chat 26.3.0

• Bug fixes.

December 9, 2025 - Decipher Chat 26.2.1

• Fixes an issue with outgoing Viber image messages not correctly showing the image.
• Fixes an issue where clicking on an image did not use the correct default image viewer app to view the image.

December 2, 2025 - Decipher Chat 26.2.0

• Improvements to handling WeChat conversations and audio messages.
• Improvements to Back Up process and display.
• Bug fixes.

September 16, 2025 - Decipher Chat 26.0.3

• Improvements to quoted message replies in WhatsApp chats.
• Improvements to Back Up window.
• Bug fixes.

August 19, 2025 - Decipher Chat 26.0.1

• Major improvements to the display and PDF export of WhatsApp messages that are replies to previous messages.
• Includes WhatsApp calls in the messages threads.
• Improvements to backup feature to speed up the backup and better report backup error information.
• Bug fixes.

April 10, 2025 - Decipher Chat 18.4.4

• Fixes for exporting Burner app text messages.
• Improvements to backup feature when there are backup errors.

March 26, 2025 - Decipher Chat 18.4.2

• Adds support for the Burner app text messages.

March 17, 2025 - Decipher Chat 18.4.0

• Fixes issue where text being replied to was not included in PDF export of WhatsApp messages.
• Bug fixes.

January 21, 2025 - Decipher Chat 18.3.0

• Bug fixes for WhatsApp zip imports made on Android and iOS.
• Bug fixes.

November 1, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.2.2

• Adds an option to import WhatsApp export zip files!
• Bug fixes.

October 03, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.1.1

• Support for new Windows iPhone drivers.
• Support for new iPhone 16 iPhone model information.
• Bug fixes.

September 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.1.0

• Improvements to diagnostic information for failed Windows iPhone backups.
• Bug fixes.

July 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 18.0.0

• New option to look up iPhone/iPad backup passwords stored in the macOS keychain or Windows Credential Manager.
• Increases to PDF export font sizes to be compliant with more court standards.
• Bug fixes.

March 18, 2024 - Decipher Chat 17.3.1

• Adds an option to export Monthly/Daily Message Count summaries as a PDF.
• Fixes an issue with very large WhatsApp conversations hanging in the program.
• Bug fixes.

January 16, 2024 - Decipher Chat 17.2.3

• Improvements to the in-app backup feature.
• Fixes a font issue affecting dates in PDFs generated in macOS Sonoma.
• Bug fixes.

December 8, 2023 - Decipher Chat 17.2.0

• Adds more information and better error messages for the Chat-Apps only backup.
• Bug fixes.

September 26, 2023 - Decipher Chat 17.0.0

• Native arm64 macOS support.
• Adds button to show Chat-Apps Only Backups folder.
• Fixed issue with Chat-Apps Only Backup in iOS 17 not containing WhatsApp data.
• Bug fixes.

April 27, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.4.2

• Speed improvements to program startup.
• Bug fixes.

March 28, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.4.0

• Improvements to image previews for WhatsApp conversations.
• Improvements to license code handling.
• Removes Instagram DM history.

February 9, 2023 - Decipher Chat 16.3.0

• Corrects an issue where outgoing messages show up as from "Unknown"
• Bug fixes.

September 21, 2022 - Decipher Chat 16.0.1

• Adds an option to back up within Decipher Chat, this backup will store only WhatsApp, WeChat, and Viber data, to conserve drive space.

August 23, 2022 - Decipher Chat 16.0.0

• Adds an option to import single backups from other locations than the default backup folders, in addition to the option to import a folder of backups.
• When the option to use dates for attachment names is selected, the attachments are named by the date and contact.
• Bug fixes.

October 2, 2021 - Decipher Chat 15.0.2

• Adds save all as HTML option.
• Show WhatsApp conversations by contact thumbnail when available.
• Filter out empty WhatsApp conversations from center column list.

September 16, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.7.5

• Improvements to the conversation export by date range UI.
• Adds save all to PDF or CSV, limited to a date range.
• Adds preferences option to skip already saved chats in Save All export.
• Bug fixes.

March 20, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.2

• Automatically find AnyTrans backups on Windows.
• Bug fixes.

February 24, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.1

• Bug fixes for new viber chat support.

February 19, 2021 - Decipher Chat 14.1.0

• Added support for Viber chat messages!

October 19, 2020 - Decipher Chat 14.0.4

• Fix issue where some WeChat conversations weren't appearing.
• Fix issue where backup password prompt wouldn't appear on macOS Catalina.
• Fix some crashes while exporting to PDF.

August 7, 2020 - Decipher Chat 14.0.0

• Fix issues running Decipher Chat on macOS Big Sur betas.
• Fix issues with Save All on backups with a very large amount of conversations.
• Improvements to memory and disk space usage.
• Bug fixes.

June 18, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.7

• Corrects issues encoding unicode characters in CSV export.
• Bug fixes.

April 10, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.3

• Added support for multiple Instagram DM accounts.

March 27, 2020 - Decipher Chat 13.4.1

• Added support for Instagram DM messages!
• Added CSV export for WhatsApp and WeChat messages.
• Bug fixes.

December 13, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.3.2

• Add PDF option to Save for WeChat and WhatsApp messages.
• Add option to save messages only within a range of dates and time.
• Bug fixes.

November 21, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.3.0

• Fix for encrypted backups made with iOS 13.2.0 and higher.

October 25, 2019 - Decipher Chat 13.0.1

• Fixes issue when sender name would not appear on some WhatsApp chats.
• Adds preference to save images using the date as the filename.
• Bug fixes.

June 24, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.2.3

• Addition of WhatsApp Business App chats to Decipher Chat!

April 22, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.2.1

• Addition of WeChat text message history to Decipher Chat!
• Better support for reading WhatsApp chats from broken iPhone backups.
• Bug fixes.

February 25, 2019 - Decipher Chat 12.1.4

• Show delivered and read status on WhatsApp messages.
• Show detailed date and contact information on each message.
• On Windows, use system preferences for formatting dates.
• Speed up installer on Windows.
• Bug fixes.

December 19, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.1.1

• Change to Java 11 on Mac and Windows.
• Change to 64-bit on Windows.

November 6, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.1.0

• Bug fixes.

September 23, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.0.8

• Updates for new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max users.
• Update Mojave permissions instructions for later beta versions and Mojave public release.
• Bug fixes.

July 31, 2018 - Decipher Chat 12.0.0

• Adds instructions for granting app permissions in macOS Mojave.
• Bug fixes.

May 18, 2018 - Decipher Chat 11.3.3

• Support for the latest updates to WhatsApp.
• Support for iTunes for Windows on the Microsoft Store.
• Bug fixes.

March 20, 2018 - Decipher Chat 11.2.1

• New and improved automatic update checks!
• Fixed hidden file issues when saving/exporting WhatsApp messages and attachments.

September 1, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.4

• Exciting bug fixes!

July 25, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.3

• Changes to support the latest WhatsApp update, WhatsApp 2.17.41.
• Additional retina support for macOS.

June 6, 2017 - Decipher Chat 11.0.0

• Support for backups made with iOS 11!

February 6, 2017 - Decipher Chat 10.2.0

• Fixed issue caused by outdated jar files from other programs in Java Extensions folder on Mac.
• Fixed issue caused by permissions issues for temp files on some Windows configurations.

January 4, 2017 - Decipher Chat 10.0.1

• Added support for iOS 10.2 encrypted backups.
• Speed and reliability improvements.

Use the "Check for Updates" button in Decipher Chat to get the latest version, or you can download it from our website:

https://deciphertools.com/download-decipher-chat.html