Guides

Plain answers to the questions people ask about saving, printing and exporting text messages from an iPhone.

How to Print Text Messages for CourtPrint an iPhone text conversation for court as one clear PDF: who sent each text and when, both sides, in order and numbered. No computer needed.
How to Export iPhone Text Messages to PDFExport a whole iMessage or SMS conversation to one PDF on your iPhone, with every text's sender, date and time, both sides, numbered.
How to Print Text Messages With the Date and TimeMessages shows one time per group of texts, so screenshots miss most times. Here's how to print every text with its own date, time and sender.
How to Get Text Messages Ready for a Custody CasePut your texts with the other parent in one PDF your lawyer can use: both sides, every date and time, numbered. Made on your iPhone, nothing uploaded.
What to Look for in an App to Export Texts for CourtBefore you pay for an app to export iPhone texts for court, check these eight things: times, names, both sides, numbering, honesty and privacy.
How to Save an Entire Text Conversation on iPhoneMessages can't save a whole conversation in one go. Here's how to keep all of it as one PDF on your iPhone, with every text's sender and time.
How to Turn Text Message Screenshots Into One PDFTurn a pile of text message screenshots into one clean PDF: every text in order, the overlap removed, with sender and time, read on your iPhone.
How to Save Text Messages From Someone Who DiedKeep a loved one's texts as a PDF you can print or keep forever, with every message, date and time. Made on your iPhone, nothing uploaded.
How to Save a WhatsApp Chat as a PDF on iPhoneExport a WhatsApp chat and turn it into a clean PDF on your iPhone, with every message's sender, date and time, both sides, numbered.
How to Get a Transcript of Text Messages on iPhoneGet a clean, numbered transcript of an iPhone text conversation as a PDF, with real text you can search and copy. For HR, a landlord, insurance or a lawyer.

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Kept Texts is coming soon to the App Store, for iPhone with iOS 26 or later. It's free to make, check and preview your whole PDF. A pass to save, print and share costs $9.99 for 30 days or $29.99 for a year, and never renews.

See a sample PDFComing soon to the App Store