Email, Messaging, & Video Calls > Texting & Messaging How to Forward a Text Message to Email Send messages to email straight from your iOS or Android phone By Patrick Shawn Hearn Patrick Shawn Hearn Twitter Writer Columbus State University Patrick Hearn has been a freelance technology writer for 6+ years. He has written for CBSi, GameSpot, Xfinity, and many others. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on August 8, 2022 Reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Reviewed by Michael Barton Heine Jr Michael Heine is a CompTIA-certified writer, editor, and Network Engineer with 25+ years' experience working in the television, defense, ISP, telecommunications, and education industries. lifewire's editorial guidelines Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Texting & Messaging Email Texting & Messaging Video Calls What to Know On iPhone, open Messages and tap the conversation you want to forward. Press and hold for additional options. Tap More > Forward.On Android, open Messages and tap the conversation you want to forward. Press and hold for additional options. Tap Forward.When you forward a text to email, it may strip out all formatting including the names of each person in a conversation. Whether you want to save a funny text message or make sure you don't lose track of important information, one of the easiest ways is to forward the text to an email account. We show you how. Instructions in this article apply to iOS and Android devices with supported versions of the operating systems. How to Forward Text Messages to Email on iPhone You can forward texts to your email address on the iPhone without any third-party apps. These instructions apply to iPhone devices with iOS 11 and newer. From the Messages app, open the conversation you want to forward. Press and hold the message until additional options appear. Tap More. Tap the circle next to the messages you want to forward. Select the Forward button to open the New MMS screen. In the To field, enter the email address you want to send the texts to. Tap the Send arrow. Messages are sent as plain text, without any indication of which participant said what. Images and videos can also be forwarded in this way. To find the text message you emailed, look for an email in this format: [yourphonenumber]@[serviceprovider].com However, the part after @ might not read exactly as your provider. For example, if your phone number is 555-555-0123 and you use Verizon, the email is sent from this address: 5555550123@vtext.com How emailed texts appear to the recipient depends on their carrier's SMS gateway. When a text message is forwarded to an email address, it isn't formatted. The email may have one or more attachments separated by file type. The text is in one file unless an image or video is included, in which case the text is broken into segments from before and after the image or video. How to Forward Text Messages to Email on Android Sending a text from an Android device to an email account is as easy as choosing the message and deciding where to send it. This information applies no matter who made your Android phone (Samsung, Google, Huawei, Xiaomi, etc.) and is confirmed to work for Android 10 Q. Open the Messages app and select the conversation that contains the messages you want to forward. Tap and hold the message you want to forward until more options appear. Some phones may not display these options. Instead, tap the message, tap the three vertical dots, then tap Forward. Tap Forward, which may appear as an arrow. Choose a contact. If the list of recent contacts doesn't include the person you want to email the text to, choose New message to enter the person's details. Tap the Send button. Not all Android devices have this feature. On some devices, you can select multiple messages at the same time, while on others you can't. The SMS application also varies from provider to provider. The Google Play store has several third-party messaging apps including Handcent and Chomp SMS that make forwarding texts easy. Other apps automatically forward texts to a pre-established email address. If you want to ensure your messages are saved so you can refer to them later, look into one of these apps. One example is Auto Forward SMS 404, which forwards texts from your phone to an email account, forwards texts with specific keywords, sends a notification when the battery is low, and notifies you of missed calls. FAQ How do I forward an email as a text message? To send an email as a text, open the message you want to send and select Forward. Then enter the recipient number along with your carrier's SMS or MMS address. The format will look something like this: [yourphonenumber]@[serviceprovidergateway.com or .net]. Some examples include yournumber@txt.att.net, yournumber@tmomail.net, and yournumber@vtext.com. Do URLs carry over when a message is forwarded? Yes, when you forward a text message with a web link as an email (or vice-versa), the URL will be included. How do I forward a photo from a text message to an email address? On Android, select the image in your message history, select Share, then choose email as your option and enter the email address to send to. On iOS, tap and hold the image and select More, then select the Forward arrow and enter the email address to send the image to. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit