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How Might I Batch-archive Messages From an iPhone 6s?

My niece has never deleted a message (Messages app, not emails) from her phone. She wants them off her phone but saved forever. Any way to do that? Cloud? CD? Thanks!
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John Russell

Comments: 3 Responses to “How Might I Batch-archive Messages From an iPhone 6s?”

    6 years ago

    Like with all email questions, it really depends on the email service. That's the most important thing. The Mail app is just a "viewer" to your email service, in most cases. For instance, if she is using Gmail, then she can log on to Gmail's web site and there are lots of controls there. Lots of people have posts on how to archive Gmail. But it would be different for Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud, etc...

    FWIW, I have 12+ years of email, and I never delete any of them. There's no reason to, usually. I just archive messages as soon as I read them and then enjoy the fact that I can search all of my past email whenever I want.

    John Russell
    6 years ago

    I’m interested in archiving text messages from Messages, not email.

    6 years ago

    John: Ah, I see. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I missed that.
    Does she have a Mac too? And is the Messages app on her Mac also getting these messages? If so, you can always print (Print to a PDF) the conversation as a kind of archive. But as far as I know, there is no way to archive from iOS.

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