How to put chats in folders with TextPort
Quick answer
In Saved Chats:
- Long press the chat.
- Tap Add to Folder, then New Folder….
- Type a name. Tap the check mark.
- Tap the folder at the top of Saved Chats.
Inside a chat, tap …, then Add to Folder.
What you need
- ✓TextPort on your iPhone
- ✓A chat saved in TextPort
Steps
From Saved Chats
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Long press the chat
In Saved Chats, press and hold the chat. A menu opens.
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Tap Add to Folder
It is in the menu. The menu shows your folders.
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Tap New Folder…
It is under None. New Folder opens.
If the folder is already there, tap its name instead.
Inside a chat
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Tap …
Open the chat. … is at the bottom right. A menu opens.
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Tap Add to Folder
It is at the bottom of the menu. Add to Folder opens.
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Tap New Folder…
It is under None. New Folder opens.
If the folder is already there, tap its name instead.
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Type the folder name
For example, Family. The keyboard is already open.
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Tap the check mark
It is the blue button in the top right. A folder bar shows at the top of Saved Chats.
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Tap the folder
It is in the bar at the top of Saved Chats. Only its chats show.
Inside a chat, tap the back button first. To see every chat again, tap All.
Done
Your chats are sorted. Tap a folder at the top of Saved Chats to see only its chats.
Problems
There is no folder bar at the top.
The bar shows only when you have a folder. Do steps 1 to 5 to make one.
This folder is empty
Tap All. Long press a chat. Tap Add to Folder, then the folder.
Inside a chat, Add to Folder does nothing.
Update TextPort. Or use the From Saved Chats steps.
A chat left its old folder.
A chat can be in one folder at a time. Moving it takes it out of the old one.
Your folders are gone on a new iPhone.
Folders are saved on this iPhone only. Your chats are still there. Make the folders again on the new iPhone.
None of these match.
Email [email protected]. Say which step you were on. Say what you saw. We usually reply within a day.
Tips
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To take a chat out of a folder, pick None.
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To move many chats, long press a chat. Tap Select. Tap the chats. Tap the folder button at the bottom.
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To make an empty folder, tap the plus button in the folder bar. Or tap … in the top right, then New Folder.
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To rename a folder, long press it in the bar. Tap Rename.
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To delete a folder, long press it in the bar. Tap Delete. Slide Slide to delete to the right.
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To see all folders in one list, open Settings, then Chat Folders.
Questions
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They stay. You still see them under All. Only the folder goes away.
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No. Each chat can be in one folder.
Next guides
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How to rename or delete a folder with TextPort
Your folders will have the right names, and the ones you do not need will be gone.
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How to rename or delete a chat with TextPort
Your chat will have a clear name, or it will be gone from TextPort.
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What the Saved Chats screen in TextPort shows
You will know what each part of the Saved Chats screen means and what you can tap.
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