Introduction: How to Print Text Messages From IPhone
Though more and more people now use WhatsApp or other instant messengers to keep contact with families and friends, iPhone text messages is irreplaceable in our life. Many a times you want to print text messages from iPhone for different purposes. For instance, you may want to get a printing copy of text messages for a court case or you want to share some important information with your colleague and friends or you have to delete some text messages to free up the space on your iPhone, etc. iPhone doesn't have a built-in print feature in Message app itself, but you can apply some workaround methods to get access to a hard copy of text messages. To help you print text messages from iPhone 6s/6/5s/5/4s/4, three practical and useful solution will be provided below.
Solution 1: Screenshot the conversation
If you don't have a lot of text messages to print, taking screenshots will be the easiest way. Open the Message app and scroll down the screen until you find the text messages you want and hold the "home"button and "Sleep/Wake" buttton at the same time for 5 seconds, you will find the screenshots in Photo Gallery. Email the screenshots to yourself for later printing.
Solution 2: Copy & paste text messages into Notes
If you don't need to retain the formatting and time of the messages, this way will be ideal for you.
- Launch the Message app and select the conversation you want, press the text messages for a few seconds until the copy dialogue appear.
- Tap "Copy" and paste the text messages into a note in Notes app, repeat the copy&paste process until the note contain all the text messages you want to print.
- Go to "Settings" and tap "Mail, Contacts, Calendars", tap iCloud or other accounts you associate the Notes app and turn "Notes" on.
- Find the note in your e-mail and print it out.
Solution 3: Make use of a third party tool
For long conversations, Jihosoft iPhone Data Recovery is your ultimate choice to print text messages from iPhone. You are allowed to access the text messages on your iPhone or in the iTunes backup and print them out in an efficient way with ease. Just download it and follow the instructions below:
Free download: JIhosoft iPhone Data Recovery
More info about print text messages from iPhone:
Step 1: Install&Launch the Program and Connect Your Device to Computer
First, download and install the software. Then, Run the program and connect your iPhone to computer via a USB cable. If you have regularly backed up your device with iTunes, you can also hit "Next" button to print iPhone text messages from a selected iTunes backup.
Step 2: Scan for Text Messages on IPhone
Click "Start scan, it will scan and analyze text messages on your iPhone. The process will take a few minutes depending on the size of your file.
Step 3: Save the Message File on Computer & Print It Out
After scanning, all the data will be displayed in categories. Click "Messages", preview the text messages and click "Recover" button to save the text message file in a target folder on your computer.
Open the index.html file, select "Print Messages" and click "Print" to print out the text messages.
