How To Save iMessages Forever
Do three things. Set Keep Messages to Forever so the iPhone stops removing old conversations, back the iPhone up to a computer, and keep one copy of the conversations you care about outside Apple altogether.
How do I stop my iPhone deleting iMessages?
Open Settings, tap Apps, tap Messages, tap Keep Messages, and choose Forever. Any other choice removes old conversations and their attachments without asking. The Keep Messages guide covers what happens to messages already removed.
Does Messages in iCloud save my iMessages?
Messages in iCloud keeps your conversations in step across your devices, which is not the same as keeping a copy. Delete a message on the iPhone and it is deleted on the Mac and the iPad too. It protects you from losing a phone, not from deleting something.
How do I save iMessages to a computer?
Back the iPhone up to a Mac with Finder, or to a Windows PC with the Apple Devices app. The backup holds the messages as they were on that day, even if they are later deleted from the phone. The computer backup guide has the steps.
How do I save one iMessage conversation as a file?
On a Mac, open the conversation in Messages, choose File, then Print, then save it as a PDF. That works for a short stretch. For a long conversation, read receipts sets the whole thing as a PDF and an EPUB, in order, with each name beside what was written. That is the digital edition, and it arrives the same day.
How do I save the photos from a conversation?
Save them to the Photos app from the conversation, and they stay when the conversation is deleted. A book of texts is words only. It marks where a photo was sent, so keep the photos in Photos and the words in the book.
Why keep a copy outside Apple?
Every copy on an iPhone or in iCloud depends on one Apple account and one setting staying the way it is. A PDF, an EPUB or a printed book does not. It opens on any device, or sits on a shelf, with no account needed.
What does a book of my iMessages cost?
The paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89, at any length up to the 700 pages included. The digital edition by itself is $19. US shipping is free. iMessage needs a computer, a Mac or a Windows PC. read receipts is not affiliated with Apple.
Related Guides
- How To Stop An iPhone Deleting Old MessagesSettings, Apps, Messages, Keep Messages, Forever.
- How To Back Up An iPhone To A Computer For Its MessagesFinder on a Mac, Apple Devices on Windows, then Back Up Now.
- How To Export An iMessage ConversationThe steps on a Mac, and on a Windows PC from an iPhone backup.
- Turn Your iMessage Conversation Into A BookThe same steps with the book in mind.
If You Want It As A Book
read receipts sets a whole iMessage conversation as a book, every message in order with each name, and the digital edition comes with every printed copy. Or start with the free receipt.