WPS Chat History Search on Windows: Introduction

Last updated:July 23, 2026

WPS Chat History Search helps you search chat messages across WPS Teams on Windows; this guide covers 1 core task, with 1 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

MetricValueNotes
Core tasks1Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership1Chat history search is available directly
Membership-related items0This feature has no membership restriction

About This Feature

Overview

WPS Chat History Search is a chat history search feature in WPS Teams for Windows. From the top global search bar, you can open Search More, switch to the Chat History tab, search messages across all conversations, and review results grouped by conversation.

System Requirements

ItemRequirement
OSA Windows device
App versionIt is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
NetworkA stable internet connection is helpful when searching cloud-stored message history
OtherSign in with an account that can access the target conversations; search visibility follows message permissions

Download & Installation

ItemDetails
Official DownloadWPS Office Free Download
Post-install CheckOpen WPS Office, enter WPS Teams, and confirm that the top global search bar is available

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

DimensionWPSMicrosoftGoogleNotionAdobe
Capability SummaryLets you open chat history search from the top global search flow, search messages across all conversations, and review results grouped by conversation.Microsoft Teams lets users search messages from the top search box and refine results with filters such as chats, channels, sender, date, and attachments.Google Chat lets users search across all messages or within a conversation or space, with filters for sender, conversation, date, files, links, and more.Notion Enterprise Search focuses on workspace-wide and connected-app search, helping users find answers across Notion and linked tools.Adobe Acrobat focuses on searching text in one or more PDFs, which is designed for documents rather than chat conversations.
WPS AdvantagesAdvantage: The entry point stays focused on the WPS Teams message search flow, and results are grouped by conversation for easier context review.Compared with WPS: It offers more filter types, while the official page covers broader search across multiple content types in Teams.Compared with WPS: It offers richer filtering and sorting, while WPS keeps the flow centered on message history lookup in WPS Teams.Compared with WPS: It is better suited to cross-workspace and connected-app knowledge search, not a dedicated chat history search entry.Compared with WPS: It is suited to PDF text lookup and does not target chat history search scenarios.
Official Source—Search messages in Microsoft TeamsSearch for Google Chat messagesEnterprise SearchSearching in PDFs

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to search chat history and reopen message context inside WPS Teams, WPS provides a direct path and conversation-grouped results. If you need broader cross-app knowledge search or document-focused full-text search, the other products cover different search scopes.

Use Cases

#ScenarioTarget UsersCore Pain PointSolution
1Review project discussionsProject membersA message is remembered, but not the conversation where it appearedSearch chat history across conversations with keywords
2Confirm past decisionsTeam leadsEarlier discussion outcomes need to be checked quicklyOpen grouped results and review the conversation context
3Find shared detailsCollaboration participantsLinks, files, or instructions are scattered across chatsSearch by keyword first, then open the matching conversation

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

FeatureFree UserWPS Premium
Chat history search✅ Available✅ Available
Cloud storage1 GB20 GB
AI toolsSome tools are limitedMore tools are available with broader usage coverage shown on the pricing page

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Use CaseRecommended PlanReason
Everyday chat history lookupFreeChat history search itself has no membership restriction
More cloud storage or more add-on capabilitiesWPS PremiumSuitable when you also need more storage space and additional tools

How to Subscribe

Source: WPS Office pricing page