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How to Forward Messages In WhatsApp

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By: Waseem Patwegar

Popular Messaging service WhatsApp makes it really easy to forward messages to any of your individual or Group Contacts. In this article you will find the steps to forward WhatsApp Messages on iPhone and Android Phone.

Forward Messages In WhatsApp

The Messages Forwarding feature on WhatsApp offers an easy way to Share text Messages, Photos and Videos with your Contacts, without using a lot of Data.

Since, Messages are forwarded from within WhatsApp servers, Photos and Videos attached to these Messages are quickly forwarded without using much of your data.

WhatsApp makes it easy to select Contacts by showing you the 3 most frequent contacts and allows you to select multiple recipients to forward the Message to.

Forward WhatsApp Messages On iPhone or iPad

First make sure that you have the latest version of WhatsApp installed on your iPhone and follow the steps below to forward WhatsApp Message on your iPhone or iPad.

1. Open WhatsApp on your iPhone or iPad.

2. Locate the Message that you would like to Forward.

3. Next, Press and Hold on the Message, until you see a little menu appearing above the Message with options like Forward, Copy and others. Tap on the Forward option (See image below).

4. On the next screen, tap on the Forward Icon that you will see at the bottom left corner of your screen (See image below)

5. The next screen allows you to select the Contacts that you would like to forward the Message to. Tap on the Contacts that you would like to forward the message to.

6. After Selecting Contacts, tap on the Forward link located at the bottom right corner of your screen to forward your Message to the selected Contacts.

Note: The forwarded messages will appear to come from the user forwarding the Message, forwarded Messages from within WhatsApp do not indicate the original sender.

Forward WhatsApp Messages On Android Phone or Tablet

Make sure that you have the latest version of WhatsApp on your Android Phone and follow the steps below to forward WhatsApp Message on your Android Phone.

1. Open WhatsApp on your Android Phone or tablet

2. Locate the WhatsApp Message that you would like to forward.

3. Next, Press and Hold on the Message, until you see the options to Reply, Forward, Copy and others appearing at the top of your screen. Tap on the Forward icon (See image below).

4. On the next screen, tap on the Contacts that you would like to forward the Message to and tap on the green Forward icon that you will see at the bottom right corner of your screen.

5. WhatsApp Message will be forwarded to the selected Contacts

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How to forward WhatsApp messages to email (a quick guide)

Knowing how to forward a WhatsApp message to email can be quite useful these days. Whether that’s because you told your friends an amazing joke that just begs to be saved for later use, or because you need to store an important business conversation.

However, if you’re an avid WhatsApp web or Android user, I’m afraid I have bad news. You can’t directly forward WhatsApp messages to email by using the app. I’m sorry. But, I did find two ways in which you can:

  1. Via iOS.
  2. Via Trengo (for WhatsApp Business users).

I’ll explain how to forward WhatsApp messages to email using one of these options.

Forwarding via the iOS app

You can either forward entire WhatsApp threads or individual messages to email.

Let’s start with how to forward an entire WhatsApp message thread to email:

  1. First, go to your iOS WhatsApp application.
  2. Open the conversation you’d like to forward.
  3. Click on the name of the person or group at the top of the screen.
  4. Scroll down and click ‘Export Chat’.
  5. Click ‘Mail’.
  6. Enter the email address you want to forward this conversation.
  7. Click ‘send’.

Secondly, let’s have a look at how to forward an individual WhatsApp message to email:

  1. First, go to your iOS WhatsApp application.
  2. Open the conversation you’d like to forward.
  3. Click and hold the message, then click ‘Forward’.
  4. Click the ‘share’ icon in the bottom right corner.
  5. Enter the email address you want to forward this message to.
  6. Click ‘send’.

Or forward WhatsApp Business messages to email via Trengo

If you run a business and regularly have contact with your customers via WhatsApp Business, and you want to forward WhatsApp messages to email. The following option is the best solution for you.

In Trengo’s smart customer engagement platform, you can manage both your emails and WhatsApp conversations in one inbox. Together with your entire team. This means that each and every WhatsApp message will automatically be seen on the same platform as your emails.

If you want to keep track of certain WhatsApp messages, simply label them. Often, people use labels such as ‘urgent’, ‘complaint’ or ‘sales question’. You’ll be able to find conversations with the same label back in their respective folders. This makes it easy to find older conversations.

And that’s it! Easy right? So want to forward whatsapp messages to email? Or unlock other great features. Try out the smart customer engagement platform Trengo for a 14-day free trial period.

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