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Clear your ginormous Messages archive

Exclusive sale on AnyTrans app: Free up iPhone storage safely and easily.

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Leander Kahney
April 09, 2025

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The Messages archive on my iPhone has ballooned to more than 50GB and become a headache, eating up precious storage space on my devices.

Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t provide an easy way to back up and offload your Messages archive — but AnyTrans does.

AnyTrans is a full-featured data-management tool for iPhone and iPad that makes it easy to transfer, back up and manage various types of content and data, including music, photos and text messages — and across different platforms.

It’s great for managing music libraries, for instance. Say you have an old iPod lying around with gigabytes of music. AnyTrans makes it easy to transfer that library to your iPhone or iPad, bypassing any Apple restrictions.

This great software is on sale exclusively through Cult of Mac Deals. For a limited time, you can get a lifetime subscription to AnyTrans for only $19.97 (regularly $79.99) with code LIFETIME10. But don’t delay; the deal expires April 27 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

AnyTrans lets you migrate data between iOS and other devices with a tap

AnyTrans is a one-stop content manager for iOS devices. The Mac app makes it easy to transfer any kind of data — music, photos, texts, whatever — among all your Apple gear.

And for a limited time, you can get a lifetime subscription to AnyTrans for just $19.97 with code LIFETIME10 (regularly $79.99).

Your one-stop shop for managing iOS data

iMobie’s AnyTrans app sets users up with an all-in-one content manager that can be used on iPhone, iPad, iPod and Mac. It’s designed to help users transfer, manage and back up iOS data quickly and easily, whether that’s your music files, iMessages, photos, books or Safari history. It’s a convenient and valuable system for any Apple user to consider adopting.

Plus, users can enjoy one-click transfers from their old iPhone or Android device, allowing them to easily move messages, photos, contacts and call logs to new iPhones. Additionally, AnyTrans supports WhatsApp message transfers from old devices, iPhone backups so you never lose important pictures or messages, and one-click transfers of non-purchased music from older devices.

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AnyTrans: A highly rated content manager for Apple gear

If you’re on the fence about AnyTrans, it’s worth looking at the reviews. TechRadar raved, “AnyTrans allows for greater flexibility when it comes to two-way file synchronization and far better phone management options.”

Get a lifetime subscription to AnyTrans, your one-stop content manager for iOS, for just $19.97 (use code LIFETIME10). But hurry: This best-of-web deal expires April 27 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific.

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