How do I retrieve all past photos in iMessage?

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Imessage thread going back two years containing family photos which were not saved. Want to go back and save them.
 

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Re: How do I retrieve all past photos I'm imessag?

If you can pull up the messages containing the photos then you should be able to press and hold on a photo and then opt to save it to your camera roll.
 

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Welcome to iMore! Wow, your messsges app must be taking a huge amount of storage space on your phone. If you have not deleted the photos, try going to a thread. Tap "Details" in the top right corner. You should see photos at the bottom. You can tap a photo twice and get the option (arrow in bottom left corner) to save. I don't think there's a way to "mark all" to bulk save. You will need to do one at a time. So tap Details and get this:
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Tap a photo twice and get this:
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1419001201.980824.jpg
Tap the arrow and get this:
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1419001236.330924.jpg
Tap "Save" to save to camera roll

If you tap the opposite side from the arrow
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You get this you can scroll down to see the photos.
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But any way you go, it's one at a time. As far as I know!


Sent from my ancient but trustworthy iPhone 5.
 

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