Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to PC

“My iPhone is with 32GB storage space, and text messages are taking lots of my storage, so i want to delete them , but some messages are important for me. So could i transfer my text messages from iPhone to PC?”

The answer is yes, here we’ll detail you two ways about how to transfer text messages from iPhone to PC.

Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to PC with iTunes

As Apple suggest us to backup iPhone iPad data on iTunes, now we can also use it to transfer text messages from iPhone to PC, because backup files on iTunes are stored on our PC directly.

Step 1. Launch iTunes, connect your iPhone with PC. When it’s recognized, click iPhone image icon.

Step 2. Then go to Summary, tap on “Backup Now”, and confirm with “Backup”.



Step 3. Then go to Files--summary, then you can see your backup files on the left side, choose the one you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.

If you don’t want to restore them from iTunes to PC, you can also check those backup files directly from your PC, but you will need to find them one by one. See below folder address:

For Windows: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup
For Mac ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

Selectively Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to PC

When you want to transfer your text messages from iPhone to PC selectively, iRefone can be your best choice.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can help us not only backup more than 16 kinds of files, but also can help us recover them selectively even we have no backups, like contacts, messages, photos, reminders, calendars, WeChat messages ect. Also it can help us extract those data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively without erasing all content.

Now you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Start”.



Step 2. Then we’ll enter the new interface with many data icon and media icon that iRefone can recover, find and click “Message” icon, and it will be scanned by the software.



Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose messages you need to transfer to PC, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.



Tips: When there are few messages you need to save, you can also screenshot them and save photos on your iPhone, or sync them to your PC.