Saving and printing out messages from a mobile device can be tricky. While it is straightforward to create a backup of your messages, the information within the backup cannot be easily accessed, without the use of specialist software and apps.

In this article we will cover the apps that help you print text messages from iPhones and Android devices, as well as how to print out your messages by taking screenshots.

Why print out your messages?

While you can save your conversations to your computer, or back them up to a cloud service, there’s something to be said for the security of having a paper copy of your important information.
If something should happen to your device (damage, theft, or data loss), you’ll be thankful to have a hard copy of your messages.

It may also be useful to print out certain messages for use in legal matters like court cases, to remember memories with loved ones, or even get creative and make a birthday card using your favourite messages with a friend or partner!

Method 1: Quickly and easily print messages from iPhone

The quickest way to print our your iPhone messages is to use the an app like TouchCopy.

Using this program, you can access and transfer all your iPhone content – Messages, Music, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and more.

The feature that we are interested in for this guide is TouchCopy’s ability to print entire message conversations (SMS, MMS, iMessage and WhatsApp) directly from your computer.

Such a printout will include all the important information that you could need:

• Contact name and number
• Images and emojis
• Times and dates that messages were sent / received
• Clean, good-looking layout with message bubbles

The software also provides several ways to customize your document, so you can print out your conversation in a way that suits you.

Such options include the ability to set a date-rage, so you can print out only messages made in a certain period of time; change the size of text; and reduce white-space to cut down on the number of pages needed to print.

Watch how it’s done in the video below:

Method 2: Efficiently print messages from Android

If you are looking for a quick and effective way to print your messages from your Android device, look no further than the Droid Transfer software.

Droid Transfer, alongside the Transfer Companion Android app can access your phone’s content from your PC, allowing you to save anything from Photos, Contacts, Call Logs and even sync music with iTunes!

Using the Messages feature, you can print your SMS and MMS conversations with the click of a button. You can even save a digital copy of your messages as HTML, PDF or Plain Text.

To ensure a complete record of your messages, a printout will contain:

• The name and phone number of your contacts
• Images and emojis
• Times and dates that messages were sent / received
• Easy to read layout with message bubbles

If you don’t need to print the entire conversation, you can specify dates between which to print messages.

You can further reduce paper consumption by making use of the options to change the font size of messages, Compact Layout (reducing whitespace between messages), and reducing the size of images. This app really has it all!

Check out how to print out messages using Droid Transfer in the video below.

Method 3: Printing out messages using screenshots

Screenshots, or screen captures, are essentially pictures taken of your device’s screen.

This can come in very handy in a variety of situations, not least to save portions of text message conversations.

You can take screenshots of your messages on Android or iPhone. This will save the images to your device. Then, you are free to share the images, or print them out!

If you only need to print a few messages, this option is great. However, it quickly becomes very time-consuming to find, screenshot, share and print using different devices. It also doesn’t look professional if you should need to print out messages for legal reasons.

If you need to print more messages, or you require more control over the printed documents, we recommend jumping back to Methods 1 and 2 to find more efficient solutions.

How to print screenshots of iPhone messages

1. Unlock your iPhone and open the Messages app.
2. Tap your desired conversation and scroll to the messages you need.
3. Take a screenshot.
   • iPhone X and later: Press and hold both the right side button and the volume up button at the same time.
   • iPhone 8 and earlier: Press and hold both the power button and the home button at the same time.
4. Now you can launch the Photos app on your Tap “Select”, then select the screenshots you took of your conversations.
5. Tap the “Send” icon and send the selected files to your own email address.
6. Finally, open the email on your computer and print out the attached screenshots!

How to print screenshots of Android messages

1. Grab your Android device and open your Messaging app.
2. Select your desired conversation and scroll to the section you need.
3. Take a screenshot.
   • Press the Power button for a few seconds. Then tap Screenshot.
   • Failing that, press and hold the Power and Volume-down buttons simultaneously for a few seconds.
4. Find your saved screenshots (Open Photos > tap the menu icon > tap “device folders” > open the “Screenshots” album).
5. Tap and hold an image to enable multiple selections, then select all your desired screenshots.
6. Tap the “Share” icon and send the screenshots to your email address.
7. Finally, you can open the email on your computer and print the attached images.

Final Thoughts

So now you know the best ways to print out messages from your mobile – whether it be an Android or iPhone.

Try out the professional solutions for quick and good-looking print outs and for a boatload of extra features – free demo downloads are available for you to try.

Or if you only need a couple of messages printing, you may make good use of screenshotting your messages. Thank you for reading!