How to Print Text Messages for Free from Android

Use SMS Backup +

Download SMS Backup + application. SMS Backup + will create a folder in your Gmail inbox and backup your text messages to it so you can print it out at your convenience. Open Google Play Store (Google Play App Store), then:

Click the search bar.

Importsms backup +

Tap SMS Backup +

Click INSTALL (SETUP)

Tap ACCEPT when it appears.

Open SMS Backup + . Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store, or tap the SMS Backup + app icon in the Android App Drawer.

Click OK when it appears. You will return to the main page.

Connect the application to your Gmail account. Tap Connect in the middle of the page, select your Google account, tap ALLOW when it appears, then tap Backup when it appears. The app will link to your Google account and backup all text messages to your Google account.

Backup all recent messages. If you don't see the option to back up documents when connecting to your Gmail account, tap Backup near the top of the screen and wait for the backup to complete.

You can see the backup progress at the top of the screen.

Open your Gmail mailbox on your computer. Visit https://www.gmail.com/ using your computer's web browser, enter your email address and password (if necessary) to log in.

If a Gmail inbox is different from the one you want to see open, click the circular profile image at the top right of the inbox, click Add account, and sign in to the correct account .

Click the SMS folder on the left side of your Gmail inbox, but you may need to click More labels on the left side of the window. The SMS Backup + Android text message storage folder will appear.

Open a chat. Click the text conversation you want to print. The latest message from the conversation will appear.

Your text messages will be backed up by contact name. For example, if you have 100 text conversations with a person named Quang, you will see a chain of messages with the subject line "SMS with Thao" and the number "(100)" next to his name. that.

Click the "Print" icon at the top right of the email window, to the right of the subject line. The print window will appear.

Print out the conversation. Select the printer (if there are multiple printers connected), look over the print settings to make sure the color and orientation settings are appropriate, and then click the Print button . As long as the computer is connected to a printer, text messages from the selected Android chat will be printed.

Take screenshots

Open the Messages app on Android. Click the Messages app icon to proceed. A list of recent conversations will appear.

This method works for any messaging app like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Google Voice, etc.

Select a conversation. Tap the conversation for which you want to print messages. A conversation will open.

Take a screenshot of the conversation. You may need to scroll up or down to the correct chat screen first.

Take a screenshot of the rest of the conversation. After taking a screenshot of the entire story to print, you can continue.

Open Google Drive. Tap the Google Drive app, the icon with a yellow, green, and blue triangle.

Tap the ＋ at the bottom right of the Google Drive home screen. A menu will pop up.

Tap Upload in the pop-up menu.

Click on the Screenshots gallery . You'll find this album in the list of locations from which you can upload photos.

Select a text message screenshot. Tap and hold on one screenshot, then tap on the remaining photos you want to print.

Click OPEN in the upper right corner of the screen. Screenshots will upload to Google Drive.

Open Google Drive on your computer. Visit https://drive.google.com/ using your computer's web browser, then sign in with your Google account email address and password (if not already signed in).

If a different Google Drive account than the one you want to use opens, click the round profile image at the top right of your inbox, click Add account, and then sign in to the correct account .

Select screenshot. While holding down the Ctrl(Windows) or ⌘ Command(Mac) key, click each screenshot you want to download.

Download screenshots to your computer. Click the image button ⋮ in the upper right corner of the Google Drive page, then click Download in the drop-down menu that appears.

Open and extract the downloaded ZIP folder. This process differs depending on your Windows or Mac computer:

Windows – Double-click the screenshot's ZIP folder, click the Extract tab, click the Extract all option , click Extract again , and wait for the extracted folder to open .

Mac – Double-click the screenshot's ZIP folder, then wait for the extracted folder to open.

Choose your screenshot. Click a photo, then press Ctrl+ A(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ A(Mac) to select the entire screenshot.

Open the "Print" menu. You can press Ctrl+ Pon Windows or ⌘ Command+ Pon Mac.

On Windows, you can also click the Share tab at the top of the window and then click Print in the "Send" section of the toolbar.

On Mac, you can also click the File menu at the top of the screen and then click Print. in the drop-down menu.

Print screenshots. Select the printer (if necessary), review the print settings to make sure the color and orientation customizations are appropriate, then click the Print button . As long as the computer is connected to a printer, text messages from the selected Android chat will be printed.

If the color printing option is not really necessary, you may consider using black and white (or "grayscale") printing mode because screenshots will consume a large amount of ink.

David Pac

Update 03 November 2023