diff --git a/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/__main__.py b/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/__main__.py
index f360de1..7109e5e 100644
--- a/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/__main__.py
+++ b/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/__main__.py
@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ def main():
         default=None,
         help="Use with --enrich-from-vcards. When numbers in the vcf file does not have a country code, this will be used. 1 is for US, 66 for Thailand etc. Most likely use the number of your own country"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--txt",
+        dest="text_format",
+        nargs='?',
+        default=None,
+        type=str,
+        const="result",
+        help="Export chats in text format similar to what WhatsApp officially provided (default if present: result/)")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -305,8 +313,8 @@ def main():
         parser.error("You must define only one device type.")
     if not args.android and not args.ios and not args.exported and not args.import_json:
         parser.error("You must define the device type.")
-    if args.no_html and not args.json:
-        parser.error("You must either specify a JSON output file or enable HTML output.")
+    if args.no_html and not args.json and not args.text_format:
+        parser.error("You must either specify a JSON output file, text file output directory or enable HTML output.")
     if args.import_json and (args.android or args.ios or args.exported or args.no_html):
         parser.error("You can only use --import with -j and without --no-html, -a, -i, -e.")
     elif args.import_json and not os.path.isfile(args.json):
@@ -548,6 +556,10 @@ def main():
             args.filter_empty
         )
 
+    if args.text_format:
+        print("Writing text file...")
+        android_handler.create_txt(data, args.text_format)
+
     if args.json and not args.import_json:
         if args.filter_empty:
             data = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if not chat_is_empty(v)}
diff --git a/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/android_handler.py b/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/android_handler.py
index dc62477..6a119a6 100644
--- a/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/android_handler.py
+++ b/Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter/android_handler.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from mimetypes import MimeTypes
 from markupsafe import escape as htmle
 from hashlib import sha256
 from base64 import b64decode, b64encode
+from datetime import datetime
 from Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter.data_model import ChatStore, Message
 from Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter.utility import MAX_SIZE, ROW_SIZE, DbType, convert_time_unit, determine_metadata
 from Whatsapp_Chat_Exporter.utility import rendering, Crypt, Device, get_file_name, setup_template, JidType
@@ -830,3 +831,38 @@ def create_html(
             print(f"Generating chats...({current}/{total_row_number})", end="\r")
 
     print(f"Generating chats...({total_row_number}/{total_row_number})", end="\r")
+
+
+def create_txt(data, output):
+    os.makedirs(output, exist_ok=True)
+    for jik, chat in data.items():
+        if chat.name is not None:
+            contact = chat.name.replace('/', '')
+        else:
+            contact = jik.replace('+', '')
+        output_file = os.path.join(output, f"{contact}.txt")
+        with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+            for message in chat.messages.values():
+                date = datetime.fromtimestamp(message.timestamp).date()
+                if message.meta and message.mime != "media":
+                    continue  # Skip any metadata in text format
+                if message.from_me:
+                    name = "You"
+                else:
+                    name = message.sender if message.sender else contact
+                prefix = f"[{date} {message.time}] {name}: "
+                prefix_length = len(prefix)
+                if message.media and ("/" in message.mime or message.mime == "media"):
+                    if message.data == "The media is missing":
+                        message_text = "<The media is missing>"
+                    else:
+                        message_text = f"<media file in {message.data}>"
+                else:
+                    if message.data is None:
+                        message_text = ""
+                    else:
+                        message_text = message.data.replace('<br>', f'\n{" " * prefix_length}')
+                if message.caption is not None:
+                    message_text += "\n" + ' ' * len(prefix) + message.caption.replace('<br>', f'\n{" " * prefix_length}')
+                f.write(f"{prefix}{message_text}\n")
+