How to see the original screenshots or recording

iPhone 4 steps · Updated

Quick answer

In the chat:

  1. Tap … next to Export.
  2. Tap View Screenshots or View Screen Recording.
  3. To save them, tap the share button in the top right.

Tap the X to go back to the chat.

What you need

  • ✓TextPort on your iPhone
  • ✓A chat from screenshots or Scroll Capture, made on this iPhone

Steps

Screenshots

  1. Tap …

    Open the chat. It is next to Export at the bottom. A menu opens.

    A chat with the … button next to Export highlighted
  2. Tap View Screenshots

    Screenshots opens. Scroll to see them all.

    The … menu with View Screenshots highlighted
  3. Tap the share button

    It is in the top right. A menu opens.

    The Screenshots screen with the share button highlighted
  4. Tap Save to Photos, Save as PDF, or Print

    Each one uses all the screenshots of this chat.

    The share menu with Save to Photos, Save as PDF, and Print

Screen recording

  1. Tap …

    Open the chat. It is next to Export at the bottom. A menu opens.

    A chat with the … button next to Export highlighted
  2. Tap View Screen Recording

    Screen Recording opens and shows the video.

    The … menu with View Screen Recording highlighted
  3. Tap the share button

    It is in the top right. Tap Share or Save to Photos.

    The screen recording playing with the share button highlighted

Done

You can see what you imported and check the chat against it.

Problems

There is no View Screenshots or View Screen Recording in the menu.

The chat came from Messages or WhatsApp. Or the originals are not on this iPhone. They stay on the iPhone that made the import. You may also have deleted them in Your Data.

No Screenshots or No Recording

The files are gone from this iPhone. The chat itself is still there.

A message does not match the screenshot.

See Edit a message's text or time.

None of these match.

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

Questions

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