Here’s how to transfer text messages from your iOS device to your computer: Connect your iPhone to your computer and open iExplorer. Click on the Data tab and then the Messages button.

Programs and applications for both Android phones and iPhones allow you to back up your text messages to a computer. From there, you can print out your SMS to maintain a physical copy of your ...

There are text messages you don’t want to lose. You can back them up using your phone’s native apps or go with a third-party option.

As of June 2013, the top-rated free Android app for text backup was "SMS Backup & Restore" (See Resources). This app creates a spreadsheet with all your messages on your phone, and enables you to ...

Learn how to back up your text messages on both iPhone and Android devices. Text message backup made easy with this guide.

This will enable you to free up that in-demand Android device’s internal memory while keeping all your media, images, contacts, texts and apps safely stored on your computer. Need them back again?

SMS to Text is completely free and available in the Android App Market now. Do you back up your SMS messages, or just delete them when they take up too much space? Let us know in the comments below.

The Competition If searching through your text messages is important to you, then AirDroid —which is a complete Android-to-PC control solution (not just texting)—is your best option.

Recovering deleted text messages on Android is difficult, and the best strategy is to have Google Drive back up your phone.