MessageBinder

Export and print your Google Voice texts: every text in one clean PDF per contact, plus your calls and voicemails.

Texts dated, in order, photos in place. Calls and voicemail transcripts come as a spreadsheet, with the voicemail audio.

  • Nothing uploaded
  • Free to try · US$14.99 once
  • Phone or computer

Everything happens in your browser: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works. See a finished PDF. (opens in a new tab)

Step 1 · Add your file

Add your Google Takeout .zip here or choose the file. If Google split it into several zips, add them all.

Already have the zip and only want to read it? Read every text free in the Google Voice Takeout viewer.

Don’t have the file yet? How to get it
  1. 1
    Go to takeout.google.com (opens in a new tab)
    It opens in a new tab. Sign in with the account that has your Google Voice number.
  2. 2
    Deselect all → scroll down → tick only Voice
  3. 3
    Next step → Export once · .zip · 50 GB
    50 GB is the largest file size Google will make, not your size: fewer, larger files (very large archives may still be split).
  4. 4
    Create export and wait for Google’s email
    A few minutes to a few days; most people get it the same day. The email has a Download button: it saves a file whose name starts with “takeout” and ends in .zip, usually in your Downloads folder.
  5. 5
    Add the .zip here
    Got several zips? Add them all. On a Mac, if Safari turned it into a folder: right-click it → Compress, then add the new .zip.

Waiting for Google’s email? It can take a few minutes or a few days. Save this page in your browser’s bookmarks, or keep this tab open, and come back when Google emails your export; there is no account here and we send no reminders. Download the zip within about 7 days, while Google’s link still works, then add it here for the PDFs, or first read every conversation free in the Takeout viewer. If your download link expires, request a new export with the same five steps: an expired archive does not delete your Google data, and the new export contains the data still available for export. Meanwhile, see what you get: a finished sample PDF.

What you get

A page of a finished PDF, made by this page from a made-up Google Voice export.Page 1 of a finished PDF (made-up messages). Your free sample looks the same, with a SAMPLE watermark.

A page of a finished PDF, made by this page from a made-up Google Voice export.

  • Every message in order, with the date above each day and the time on every message
  • Photos where they were sent
  • A header naming the contact, your number and the time zone; page numbers on every page
  • Spreadsheets: every message and every call, sortable.
  • Your original files: photos, audio, documents.

Open a finished example PDF (opens in a new tab)

Use it to keep the texts, calls and voicemails of a Google Voice number you are leaving or losing, or to put one contact’s history into a dated document.

What are you saving?

Pricing

Free
  • Preview any conversation on screen
  • Sample: the first 20 messages of each conversation
  • No account, no email
US$14.99once · all three tools
  • Every message and photo, unlimited exports
  • PDFs + spreadsheets + original files
  • 5 devices · works or your money back (30 days)
  • Sales tax, VAT or GST is added at checkout where it applies

Charged in US dollars. Payment and receipt by Dodo Payments, the payment company that also emails your license key.

Before you pay

  • Made by Jin Kim, an independent developer. Questions and refunds: help@voicebinder.com.
  • Your messages never leave your browser: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works.
  • What is sent: your license key, to Dodo Payments’ license check, when you enter it; and an anonymous count of which step was reached, with nothing about your messages or your key.
  • Checkout and receipt happen on Dodo Payments’ own secure page, in a new tab; your card details never reach this site.
  • Works or your money back: if the full export doesn’t work for your files, email within 30 days of buying for a full refund (see Terms).
What exactly is sent and stored
  • Made by Jin Kim, an independent developer. Questions and refunds: help@voicebinder.com.
  • Your messages are read and turned into PDFs inside your browser. The message content, names, numbers and files are never sent anywhere: load the page, turn off Wi‑Fi, and it still works.
  • What does leave your browser: when you enter a license key, the key and a short device label (for example “MessageBinder web (MacIntel)”) go only to Dodo Payments’ license service, which checks the key; later checks also send the activation number Dodo gave this browser. The page also tells this site which step was reached (opened, file added, preview, sample, unlock, back to this tab after opening the checkout, key accepted, export, and when a key is not accepted, only the kind of problem: empty, partial, not recognized, device limit, no longer active or no connection) as a plain count, with no identifier and nothing about your messages or your key (see Privacy). Nothing else is sent.
  • Checkout opens on Dodo Payments’ own secure page, in a new tab. Dodo handles the payment and the receipt and emails you the license key. Your card details never reach this site, and your key and email address are never part of this site’s web addresses. The Paste button next to the key box reads your clipboard only when you tap it, only to put the key in the box, and sends nothing.
  • This browser keeps your license key, its activation number and the time of the last check in its own storage so you don’t retype it, and for 30 days a note if a key was found no longer active. When you open the checkout, this tab also notes the time, so the steps to finish your purchase are ready if you come back within an hour; that note stays only in this tab and is removed once your key is accepted. Nothing else is stored.
  • Works or your money back: if the full export doesn’t work for your files, email within 30 days of buying for a full refund (see Terms).

Get your file from Google

5 min · computer or phone
  1. 1
    Go to takeout.google.com (opens in a new tab)
    It opens in a new tab. Sign in with the account that has your Google Voice number.
  2. 2
    Deselect all → scroll down → tick only Voice
  3. 3
    Next step → Export once · .zip · 50 GB
    50 GB is the largest file size Google will make, not your size: fewer, larger files (very large archives may still be split).
  4. 4
    Create export and wait for Google’s email
    A few minutes to a few days; most people get it the same day. The email has a Download button: it saves a file whose name starts with “takeout” and ends in .zip, usually in your Downloads folder.
  5. 5
    Add the .zip here
    Got several zips? Add them all. On a Mac, if Safari turned it into a folder: right-click it → Compress, then add the new .zip.

Waiting for Google’s email? It can take a few minutes or a few days. Save this page in your browser’s bookmarks, or keep this tab open, and come back when Google emails your export; there is no account here and we send no reminders. Download the zip within about 7 days, while Google’s link still works, then add it here for the PDFs, or first read every conversation free in the Takeout viewer. If your download link expires, request a new export with the same five steps: an expired archive does not delete your Google data, and the new export contains the data still available for export. Meanwhile, see what you get: a finished sample PDF.

Questions

What is MessageBinder?

MessageBinder is a web page that turns a Google Voice Takeout zip into dated PDFs with the photos in place, plus spreadsheets and the original attachments, entirely in your browser: nothing is uploaded. The preview and a sample PDF are free; the full export is US$14.99 once, with no subscription.

Is it private?

Yes. Your messages are read and turned into PDFs inside your browser; they are never uploaded. Once the page has loaded, you can turn off Wi‑Fi and it still works. The page only fetches its own files (the page, its code and fonts) and, if you bought a license, asks our payment company whether your key is valid: when you enter it and each time you open the page again. It also sends the anonymous step counts described under “Before you pay”.

Are calls and voicemails in the PDFs?

The PDFs hold your text conversations. Calls and voicemails come in a spreadsheet (calls.csv) with the date, time, number, length and voicemail transcript of each, and the voicemail and call-recording audio files come in their own folder.

Why not just print the Takeout pages or take screenshots?

Takeout gives one small web page per contact per day, so a year with one person is hundreds of pages, with no photos inline and no calls. Screenshots have no dates you can search and take hours. MessageBinder joins each contact into one dated PDF (long chats come in parts) with the photos in place and a spreadsheet you can sort, in your browser. Try the free sample before paying; if it isn’t right for you, you have spent nothing.

Can I use it as a dated record?

Yes. The PDF shows the date above each day and the time on every message, and page 1 lists the message count and date range. The header says whose phone it is and which time zone the times are in. Keep the original Takeout file as your master copy.

Does it include deleted messages?

No. Only what Google Voice still has is in your Takeout file.

I’m leaving Google Voice, or my number may be reclaimed. What should I do first?

Export while everything is still in the account. Go to takeout.google.com (steps above), download the zip and keep it: it is the one copy you control. On the no-charge personal plan, Google can remove a number that goes unused and shows a reclaim date first; it says your messages stay in the account after that, but the number no longer receives texts. If you are porting the number to another carrier or closing the account, make the export before you do it. MessageBinder then turns the zip into readable PDFs and spreadsheets.

Can I export just one conversation?

Yes. Untick the others; the sample and the full export follow your selection.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes, in any modern browser. Large exports with many photos download in a few parts on a phone; the page tells you how many first. A computer with Chrome or Edge saves any size as one file.

I use a Mac and got a folder, not a .zip

Safari unzips downloads. Right-click the Takeout folder, choose Compress, and add the new .zip. To stop it happening: Safari › Settings › General › untick “Open safe files after downloading”.

Why did Google give me thousands of files?

Takeout saves texts as many small web pages, split by day and by conversation. MessageBinder puts them back together into one thread per contact, removes duplicates and orders everything.

Can I just read my Takeout texts on screen?

Yes. Add the zip, pick a contact and tap Preview: the first 20 messages with each contact are shown free, in order, with the photos. The Google Voice Takeout viewer is the same reader on its own page (whole conversations free to read), for people who already have the zip.

How do I open the download on my computer?

The export is a .zip file in your Downloads folder. Windows: right-click it and choose Extract All. Mac: double-click it. A folder appears: your PDFs are in “Conversations”, the spreadsheets are next to it, and README.txt explains the rest.

How do I open the download on my phone?

The export is a .zip file. iPhone: Files › Downloads › tap the .zip, a folder appears, open “Conversations” and tap a PDF. Android: Files (or My Files) › Downloads › tap the .zip › Extract, then open “Conversations”. If it came in several parts, do this for each part.

What does it cost?

Preview and sample are free. The full export is US$14.99 once, no subscription; one purchase works on 5 devices and covers Google Voice, WhatsApp and phone texts. Try the free sample first: if the full export doesn’t work for your files, email us within 30 days for a full refund.