How to Transfer Text Messages from iPhone to Computer Free

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“I have tons of messages saved on my iPhone 5S and I’m going to free up the SMS box. I just want to ask, is there any free but useful way to backup text messages from iPhone to computer?”

For all of the features built into iOS, one relatively important one is lacking: you can’t easily backup SMS messages from iPhone and keep them safe on your computer. We all know most of the data on the iPhone including text messages can be backed up via iTunes through the backup option. However, you can’t read the backup messages normally through iTunes. Thankfully, there’s a workaround for that, and here, we’re going to look at a free way to transfer text messages from iPhone to computer. Just check the following guide.

Things You'll Need:

An iPhone with test messages you want to save on computer

USB cable to connect your iPhone to computer

A computer with the latest version of iTunes installed

Free iTunes Backup Extractor

Part 1: Backup iPhone with iTunes

To save text messages from iPhone to computer, first you need to backup the content on your iPhone to iTunes. This is very simple. Run iTunes and connect your iPhone to computer via an USB cable. Then choose File > Devices > Backup to generate a backup of your phone’s content.

Part 2: Export Messages from iPhone Backup

After you have backed up your iPhone’s content to iTunes, Jihosoft Free iTunes Backup Extractor can help you export text messages from iTunes backup and save as txt, csv, and html file on your computer for better viewing.

Steps to Transfer iPhone SMS to Computer

1. Download, install and run Jihosoft iTunes Backup Extractor Free. It will automatically read and show all the iTunes backups on your computer.

2. Just select the iPhone backup file containing the text messages you want to save and click “Next” to continue.

3. Select the Messages and Message Attachments from the listed file types, then click “Next” to begin scanning.

4. After scanning, view and check the SMS messages stored on the backup. Finally click “Recover” to export/save them on your computer.