Print iPhone text messages (SMS, iMessage) and WhatsApp chats

The messages on our iPhones can contain anything from cherished memories to crucial information a lawyer might need to present to a court judge during a legal dispute. Thanks to iMazing, you can print entire conversations or chats from your computer: threads from the iPhone Messages app (including photo attachments), or group chats from WhatsApp, all are very easy to print from your Mac or PC.

💡 Tip: if you are preparing for a court case and need to present text conversations as evidence, we've got you covered as well. Read our guide on how to print WhatsApp chats for court. The same principles apply for Messages!

Here's how to print your iPhone messages

1. Launch iMazing on your computer
2. From iMazing's Discover view, select Messages
3. Connect your device to your Mac or PC via USB
4. Select your device
5. Select backup options
6. Choose messages to be printed & click Print
7. Review printing options
8. Click Print to confirm

8. Click Print to confirm

Before you begin

Always make sure you are running the latest iMazing version, to do so select Check for Updates from the iMazing menu, or just download the latest available version for your computer below.

Download and install iMazing on your Mac or PC computer.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Launch iMazing on your computer

Download and install iMazing. For more details please refer to our guide available for PC and for Mac.

2. From iMazing's Discover view, select Messages

The first item, in the top left corner of iMazing is the Discover view. Make sure it is selected. In the main window, look for the Media and Communications section and click Messages.

3. Connect your device to your Mac or PC via USB

iMazing will prompt you to connect the device to your computer on the first time you're using it. To do so use a USB cable, and unlock the device using your passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and follow the instructions for pairing.

💡 Tip: For more details on connections and pairing refer to this guide.

4. Select your device

iMazing will now display all available devices from which messages can be exported to your computer. Click the one you wish to select to begin.

5. Select backup options

iMazing needs to proceed to a backup to extract data. You can now decide if you want a full restorable backup of the device or only need to access the messages and conversations only. The first option uses less storage, the second is restorable.

Click the Start button to launch the operation, you will be prompted to enter the passcode on the device.

❗ Important: The first time a device is being accessed by iMazing the process will take a while, up to one hour or more, so please be patient.

💡 Tip: Learn more about data access and full backup options.

If there is a preexisting backup of the device, the previous screen will not be displayed and instead you will be be asked if you want to use this existing backup, or perform a subsequent backup to refresh the contents.

💡 Tips:

• Subsequent backups are incremental and much quicker!
• Learn more about backup snapshots.
• You can always request iMazing to make a newer backup with the Refresh button (the circular arrow) in the top navigation bar.

iMazing loads your device's messages in the main window.

6. Choose messages to be exported and click Print

When you select a conversation in the left column, you'll see it's corresponding messages and attachments displayed. If you only want to save certain messages, select them now. If you need to export multiple conversations in bulk, you can select them now too.

💡 Tips:

• To select all items in the list of chats or messages, simply select one item, then hold the CTRL key (Windows) or Command key (Mac) and press A.
• To select non-contiguous items, hold the CTRL key (Windows) or Command key (Mac), and then click each item.
• To select multiple sequential items, click one item, scroll down, and select another one while holding the Shift key.

You can select as many messages or conversations as you want in this way, and then click the Print button at the bottom right.