Exporting text messages from iphone to email or document WITHOUT Mac method

There really is no way to do what you want without a computer. You may be able to find records in your detailed bill on your carrier's website of the times and numbers of people you exchanged SMS messages with but it won't have anything about iMessages. And, it won't include the message content. The carriers don't keep that.

You don't need a Mac (laptop or otherwise) to transfer messages. You can use a Windows machine if you purchase third-party software such as iMazing or TouchCopy. Both will allow you to export your messages with time & date stamps to either pdf or text files.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I have both iMazing and TouchCopy. TouchCopy is more focused on its primary task of extracting and managing content from iOS devices; iMazing is more of a Swiss Army knife, one of whose features is extracting and managing content, but it has many other features, including backing up your device independently of the 2 ways supported by Apple - iTunes/Finder backups and iCloud backups.

Good to know.

I started using iMazing after PhoneView went out of business. While it does the job of archiving message threads, it doesn't do nearly as attractive a job as PhoneView did.

I use iMazing, but I've heard good things about TouchCopy. I sure there are others as well. Those are just the two I'm familiar with.

I have both iMazing and TouchCopy. TouchCopy is more focused on its primary task of extracting and managing content from iOS devices; iMazing is more of a Swiss Army knife, one of whose features is extracting and managing content, but it has many other features, including backing up your device independently of the 2 ways supported by Apple - iTunes/Finder backups and iCloud backups.

as far as I know they would suggest you took screenshots of the threads not sure if that include timestamps though