How to Save iPhone Text Messages

How can I save my iPhone text messages?

I need to save all of my text messages to a PC, and the saved file should be readable. Does anyone have a good way to rip them off my iPhone 4? Thanks in advance!

The first way coming into my mind is to make a screenshot of your text messages showing on your iPhone. If you have many SMS, just make more screenshots, if you don't mind. OK, no kidding now. To save text messages on iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS as a readable file, it's not as difficult as you think. This article will show you two easy solutions.

To use either of the solutions, first of all, you need an iPhone text message extractor installed on your computer. One is named Wondershare MobileGo for iOS, specially designed to manage everything on your iPhone, iPad and iPod. The other is Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS (Mac), or Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS (for Windows users), professional and safe. Both softwares empower you to save your iPhone SMS to your computer.

• Solution 1: Save iPhone text with MobileGo for iOS
• Solution 2: Save text messages on iPhone with Dr.Fone for iOS

Solution 1: Save iPhone text with MobileGo for iOS

Download MobileGo for iOS and install it on your Windows computer. Then, follow the easy tutorial.

Step1. Get your iPhone connected to the Windows computer

Launch MobileGo for iOS on the Windows PC. Then, connect your iPhone to the Windows PC by plugging into a USB cable. MobileGo for iOS will detect your iPhone at once. Then, you'll see your iPhone shows up in the primary window.

Step2. Save iPhone text messages

In the left directory tree, click "SMS" to bring up the SMS management window. All text messages, iMessages and SMS are displayed there. Tick off the box before the messages that you want to save.

On the top line, click "Export to". In its pull-down list, click "Export All Messages" or "Export Selected Messages". Then, you get another pull-down list, which gives you 3 choices: "to XML File", "to HTML File" and "to TXT File". Choose one and find a destination on your computer to save the messages.

Try MobileGo for iOS to save text messages from iPhone.

Solution 2: Save text messages on iPhone with Dr.Fone for iOS

Download the free trial version of Dr.Fone for iOS below to take a try. Choose the right version for your computer.

Next, let's check the steps of how to save text messages on iPhone to your PC or Mac. If you're a Windows user, please follow the guide in Part 1; if you're a Mac user, please turn to the guide in Part 2.

Part 1: Save text messages on iPhone to your PC

Part 2: Save iPhone SMS on iPhone to your Mac

Part 1: Save text messages on iPhone to your PC

Step 1: Connect your iPhone to the computer

Connect your iPhone to your computer with a digital cable. Then run Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS. If you using iPhone 5 or iPhone 4s, you'll get the primary window as follows.

If you use iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS, you'll see the main window below. Here you need to download a plug-in. You can click the "Download" button to get it in a few seconds.

Step 2: Scan your iPhone for text messages on it

As an iPhone 5/4S user, you only need to click the "Start Scan" button on the window to begin scanning your iPhone for data on it.

As an iPhone 4/3GS user, you need to follow the steps below to enter the device's scanning mode to scan your iPhone:

1. Hold your iPhone and click "Start".
2. Hold the Power and Home buttons at the same time for exactly 10 seconds.
3. Release the Power button, and keep the Homebutton pressed, until you're told that you've entered the scanning mode successfully.

After you've done the steps above, the program will automatically scan your iPhone for data on it as follows.

Step 3: Preview and save iPhone messages to your computer

When the scan completes, all data on your iPhone will be found and displayed in categories. Click "Messages" on the left side. You can preview the full content of all your message threads, including iMessages. Check this category and click "Recover". You can save messages on iPhone to your computer now. It's a readable HTML file, good for preserving or printing.

You can also watch the video tutorial below.

Part 2: Save iPhone SMS on iPhone to your Mac

Step 1: Choose your device type and a recovery mode

If you're a Mac user, after running the program on your Mac, the first thing you need to do is that choosing your device type in the primary window and select a recovery mode after that. To save messages on your iPhone, you need to choose the recovery mode of "Recover from iOS Device".

Step 2: Enter the device's scanning mode to scan it

Then, you're required to enter your iPhone's system to scan it for your data on it. Follow the guide below:

1. Hold your iPhone and click "Start".
2. Hold the Power and Home buttons simultaneously for exactly 10 seconds.
3. Release the Power button, and keep the Home button pressed.

When you're told that you've entered, release the Home button. The program will scan your iPhone automatically for data on it.

Step 3: Save text messages on iPhone to your Mac

The scan will take you a few seconds. After that, you'll get a scan result as follow. Choose the category of "Messages" on the left. You can preview the full content and save them to your Mac by clicking "Recover".