Rather than saving the photo as a picture, the screen recording method will save a video. Taking a screen recording will also send a notification to the other user, so only use this method if you are comfortable with them knowing you saved the chat.
If your iPhone does have a home button, open Control Center by swiping up from the bottom of the screen.
If you do not see the Screen Recording button, open your Settings app (the gear icon) and search for Control Center, which will have a square grey icon with two toggles in it. Click Control Center, then scroll down to the “More Controls” heading and add Screen Recording by tapping the green plus button left of the text.
Eventually, the red recording icon will go away, but your iPhone will still indicate that you are recording by surrounding the time in a red bubble.
Rather than saving the photo as a picture, the screen recording method will save a video. Taking a screen recording will also send a notification to the other user, so only use this method if you are comfortable with them knowing you saved the chat.
While using this method is technically taking a screenshot, it will allow you to do so without sending a notification to the other person.
If you check the chat and it does not say “You screenshotted a chat”, you have successfully saved the photo without the other person knowing. Make sure you read the “Tips” section for a note on saving photos without notifying the other person.
If you close the chat without saving the picture in the chat log, the picture will disappear depending on each user’s settings, so only open the chat when you are ready.
