About SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print
Save text messages as a PDF, print them, or back up your SMS, MMS and RCS chats. Export one conversation or your whole message history with contact names, dates, times and photos, then print it, email it or open it on a...
Save text messages as a PDF, print them, or back up your SMS, MMS and RCS chats. Export one conversation or your whole message history with contact names, dates, times and photos, then print it, email it or open it on a computer.
People use it to print text messages for court, keep evidence for a lawyer, save conversations with someone they love, or move their SMS to another phone. No account needed. Premium is a one-time purchase with no subscription.
PRINT TEXT MESSAGES AS A PDF
Every conversation becomes a clean PDF with chat bubbles, date separators, real emoji and MMS photos. Print it straight from the app, or open it on any phone or computer.
TEXT MESSAGES FOR COURT
The legal export is made for custody and divorce cases, harassment reports, insurance claims and landlord disputes:
• Cover page with the total message count
• Sender name and full timestamp above every message
• Page X of Y numbering, with optional Bates numbers
• Case reference and custodian name on the cover
• Optional certification page for a signed declaration
• SHA-256 hash and manifest file, so anyone can check the document hasn't been changed
PASSWORD-PROTECTED BACKUPS
Lock a backup with a password before you share it, email it or copy it somewhere else. Messages and attachments are encrypted with AES-256 and can only be opened with your password.
EXPORT EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED
• Pick single conversations or group chats, or export everything at once
• Limit the export to a date range
• Include photos, videos and voice messages as separate files
• Search your conversations to find the right one
FORMATS
• PDF: ready to print, opens anywhere
• Legal export: cover page, sender captions, page numbers
• Dark PDF: the same document on a dark page
• HTML (Classic): chat bubbles in any web browser
• Plain text: the smallest file
• CSV: one row per message for Excel or Google Sheets
BACK UP, TRANSFER AND RESTORE SMS
Every backup includes a data file you can restore. Switching phones? Copy the backup to your other phone and restore your text messages in a few taps.
AUTOMATIC BACKUPS TO GOOGLE DRIVE
Choose daily, weekly or monthly. Backups run in the background and upload to your own Google Drive, so a lost or broken phone doesn't take your messages with it.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
• No account or sign-up
• Files are created on your phone and stay in your storage or your own Google Drive
• Your messages are never sent to us
PREMIUM
One purchase unlocks the legal export, password-protected backups, scheduled Google Drive backups, photos and videos as files, Dark PDF and CSV, and removes ads. Without Premium you still get PDF, HTML and plain text exports, date ranges, and backup and restore.
GOOD TO KNOW
• The app can't recover messages that were already deleted.
• RCS chats from Google Messages are included, as are Samsung Messages chats on many Samsung phones. On Android 16 and newer, encrypted chats can only be read by your default texting app. Turn on "Include encrypted chats" in Settings to export them.
• Restore supports SMS text messages.
• Password protection is available for manual backups on Android 8 and newer. File names inside the backup, such as contact names, stay visible. On Windows, open protected backups with 7-Zip or WinZip.
Questions or ideas? support@smsbackupexport.com
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print since it was posted on our website on 2019-10-25 11:08:34.
The latest version is 3.29 and it was updated on 2026-10-12 22:05:42. See below the changes in each version.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.29
Updated At: 2026-10-08
Changes: • Samsung Messages: exports now try every photo, video and voice message in a chat, instead of giving up after the first few that can't be opened. Any that still can't be included are listed in the export, so you can look them up on your phone.
• Legal export: the cover now identifies the app and its website unambiguously.
• Fixed: after pressing Back, backups in the list sometimes couldn't be opened.
• Fixed: on-screen notices no longer cover the bottom navigation.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.27
Updated At: 2026-10-03
Changes: Clearer, more complete PDFs
• A message's text and photos now stay together on one page, and photos get rounded corners
• A new day always gets its own date, even when messages are minutes apart
• If a photo's file is gone from your phone, the export says so and lists which ones
Also
• Scheduled backups resume after a restart
• Disconnecting Google Drive now really revokes access
• Preview the Court-ready PDF right from the Premium screen
• Under-the-hood updates and fixes
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.26
Updated At: 2026-09-25
Changes: New in Premium: password-protected backups. Set a password when you create a backup and its messages and attachments are encrypted with AES-256. Protected backups can be opened, imported and restored on any phone with the password, with or without Premium.
Fixed: PDF exports no longer come out empty when some photos are missing from the phone. Missing photos, videos and audio are now marked in the export.
Also: large backup files open without freezing, and scheduled backups are more reliable.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.22
Updated At: 2026-09-14
Changes: This release is all about the PDF export.
Message bubbles are now sized to the text inside them, so short messages no longer stretch into half-empty boxes and anything that fits on one line stays on one line. Bubbles are slightly wider too, with even padding on every side, so there are fewer awkward line breaks. Documents come out noticeably shorter and easier to read.
Messages in right-to-left languages now draw inside their bubble instead of beside it.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.21
Updated At: 2026-09-07
Changes: New: the Stats tab. See how many messages you have sent and received, your busiest months, who you text most, and records like your longest day of messaging — all worked out on your phone.
The app now opens straight to your conversations.
Also in this release:
• Fixed a freeze when opening a backup's details
• Fixed a crash when searching conversations
• Added an FAQ, and a new support address
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.20
Updated At: 2026-09-02
Changes: The app now opens straight on your conversations. Pick a few to export, or back up everything from the card at the top.
Faster, too: the conversation list loads several times quicker, and large chats open much faster before an export.
Exports now say what they're doing instead of sitting at 0%, and Cancel takes effect immediately.
New Dark PDF export (Premium).
Restoring hands your SMS app back properly and tells you what was restored.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.17
Updated At: 2026-08-25
Changes: Court-ready PDF is now much stronger:
• The cover page records the device, the date range and how the export was made
• Every export gets a SHA-256 digest and a manifest file, so anyone can check the document was not altered
• Optional case reference, custodian, Bates numbering and certification page
Also:
• Long messages are no longer cut off or repeated at page breaks
• The date range filter is now free for everyone
• Softer date separators and more room in group chats
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.16
Updated At: 2026-08-18
Changes: • Group chats now show everyone in them — each participant's name and initial, not one letter for the whole group.
• Choosing all conversations or specific ones now sits at the top of the backup screen.
• Restoring explains which file to look for before the file picker opens.
• A clearer Premium page.
• Fixes: the backup screen no longer says there are no attachments when your phone doesn't report their size; the permission screen no longer covers the app after access is granted.
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.12
Updated At: 2026-08-07
Changes: What's new in 3.12:
• Warns you if battery settings might silently block scheduled backups, with a one-tap fix
• Smaller, more reliable "Legal export" PDFs
• PDF backups now show "Conversation with [name]" on the first page
• More accurate overdue-backup warnings
• "Switching phones?" now jumps straight to importing a backup
• Bug fixes and improvements
SMS Backup: Export PDF & Print version 3.07
Updated At: 2026-07-20
Changes: Say hello to the redesigned app!
• All-new Material You interface — Home, Conversations, and Backups tabs
• Instant search across your conversations
• One-tap backup with live progress
• Simpler restore and import
• Various bug fixes and performance improvements
