How to Print Messages from LINE on iPhone (3 Methods)

The quickest way to print a LINE chat on iPhone is to export it from LINE and open it in TextPort. In the chat, tap ≡, then Settings, then Export chat history, and choose TextPort in the share sheet. TextPort lays the chat out with the date and time on every message, ready to print or save as a PDF from your iPhone, no computer needed.

LINE's own export is a plain text file (.txt) of one chat. You can print that as it is, or print screenshots when you only need a few messages. Here are all three, best first.

Method 1: Import the LINE chat into TextPort and print it as a PDF

TextPort reads LINE's chat history file directly, so every message comes through word for word, with its sender and time, in the right order. Long chats and group chats work too.

Steps:

1. In TextPort, add a chat, pick LINE as the app, and tap Import from LINE. A short guide plays each step, and Open LINE takes you there.
2. In LINE, open the chat you want to print and tap ≡ at the top right.
3. Scroll down and tap Settings.
4. Tap Export chat history, then wait while LINE creates the text file.
5. In the share sheet, tap TextPort.

Once the chat is in TextPort, tap Print to send it to an AirPrint printer, or save it as a PDF to email, file or keep. CSV and plain text are there too.

Good to know:

• LINE leaves photos and stickers out of the file, so they show up as labels such as [Photo]. If the photos matter, use Scroll Capture instead: record the screen while you scroll the chat, and TextPort reads the messages from the recording.
• TextPort reads LINE exports in English, Japanese, Chinese and Thai, and chats exported in other languages still import.
• Your first three conversations are free to import. A subscription covers more.

Method 2: Export LINE chat history as a text file and print it

If you only need the words on paper and don't mind plain text, you can print LINE's file as it is.

1. Export the chat the same way: open it, tap ≡, then Settings, then Export chat history.
2. Save the file to Files, email it to yourself, or AirDrop it.
3. Open the .txt file somewhere you can print from, like a Mac or PC, and print it.

What you need to know before using this method:

• Only messages currently visible in the chat are exported. If LINE has auto-deleted older messages from your device, those won't be included.
• Images, videos, stickers, voice notes, and other attachments are not included in the text export.
• The .txt file can't be imported back into LINE. It's a one-way archive only.
• You have to export each chat on its own. LINE has no bulk export that gives you a readable file.

The printout is plain text: one line per message with the time, the sender and the words, and a date line for each day. For a simple conversation you just need on paper, that works. For a clean, dated document, open the same file in TextPort (Method 1).

Method 3: Print LINE screenshots from Photos

For a handful of messages, screenshots are the quickest path to print.

1. Open the LINE conversation on your iPhone.
2. Press the side button + volume up (Face ID iPhones) or side button + Home button (Touch ID iPhones) to capture a screenshot.
3. Scroll down and repeat until you've covered the full conversation.
4. Open the Photos app, select all the screenshots, tap the Share icon, and choose Print.
5. Select an AirPrint-enabled printer and print.

Overlap each screenshot with the one before so no message falls between them. Here's how to take a long screenshot of a text conversation on iPhone, stitched into one picture or recorded in one scroll.

Screenshots capture exactly what's on screen, photos and stickers included. The trouble is that a long conversation means dozens of screenshots, and what comes out of the printer looks like photos, not a document. For a print-ready PDF with timestamps and sender names, Method 1 is the shorter route.

What does LINE's chat history export include?

Which way should you print LINE messages?

• A clean, dated record or a PDF: send LINE's export to TextPort (Method 1). If you need text message records for any situation, such as custody cases, workplace investigations or business records, start here.
• Plain text you'll print on a computer: LINE's .txt file (Method 2).
• A few specific messages, photos included: screenshots printed from Photos (Method 3).

Got iMessage, WhatsApp or Instagram chats to print too? TextPort handles those as well, so you aren't exporting messages from multiple platforms with a different tool for each. To keep LINE next to your other chats in one format, see how to archive iPhone text messages.