How to see all photos, videos, and files in a chat with TextPort

iPhone 6 steps · Updated

Quick answer

In the chat:

  1. Tap … next to Export.
  2. Tap View Attachments.
  3. Tap Images, Videos, Documents, or Other.
  4. Tap a photo or a file. Then tap the share button in the top right.
  5. Tap Save to Files, or pick an app to send it.

What you need

  • ✓TextPort on your iPhone
  • ✓A chat with photos or files, such as a WhatsApp or Messages chat

Steps

  1. Tap …

    Open the chat. It is next to Export at the bottom.

    A WhatsApp chat with Jordan Lee showing a lease PDF and a photo of packed boxes, with the … button highlighted
  2. Tap View Attachments

    Attachments opens.

    The … menu with View Attachments highlighted
  3. Tap a tab

    Pick Images, Videos, Documents, or Other at the top.

    Voice notes and other files are in Other.

    The Attachments screen with the Images, Videos, Documents, and Other tabs highlighted
  4. Tap a photo or a file

    It opens full screen. Its name is at the top.

    The Documents tab with Lease Agreement.pdf highlighted
  5. Tap the share button

    It is in the top right. The iPhone share sheet opens.

    The lease PDF open full screen, with the share button highlighted
  6. Tap Save to Files

    Pick a folder to keep it. Or tap an app to send it.

    For a photo, tap Save Image to put it in Photos.

    The iPhone share sheet for the lease with Save to Files highlighted

Done

You found the file you wanted. It is saved or sent.

Problems

There is no View Attachments in the menu.

The chat has no photos or files on this iPhone. Chats from screenshots show View Screenshots. Scroll Capture chats show View Screen Recording.

A tab says No Images, No Videos, No Documents, or No Other Files.

The chat has no files of that type. Tap another tab.

Not available on this device

The file is not on this iPhone. See Recover missing photos and attachments.

Couldn’t Share Attachments

Some files are not on this iPhone, so TextPort cannot make the ZIP file. Share one file at a time. Or see Recover missing photos and attachments.

A photo is missing from a Messages chat.

See Recover missing photos and attachments.

None of these match.

Email [email protected]. Say which step you were on. Say what you saw. We usually reply within a day.

Tips

  • To send every file at once, tap the share button on Attachments. TextPort makes one ZIP file.

  • You can also long press a photo in the chat and tap Share.

  • Stickers are in Images.

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