Saving voice messages so I can hear them one time

[CanyonMoon]

This is more of a practical question but I have a rising sense of panic about it which is probably not that healthy

I have about a dozen voice messages from my mum, saved on my phone; I can’t listen to them right now but I’m sure I’ll want to in the future. I’m panicking because I don’t know if the will get automatically wiped and I can’t think straight about how to keep them. She died 3 months ago but some of the messages are older

How can I download them to keep them ( it’s an iPhone); is it crazy to want to know I have the opportunity to hear her talking to me once more? TY

Are they on WhatsApp or just voicemail?

I still have voice messages on my iphone from my late ex mother in law in 2015. I've changed phones in that time and they remain as they're held in the cloud.

I hope that is reassuring.

It's perfectly normal to want to keep them, mine don't delete (iPhone) if that helps. My friend still has his late wife as the answerphone message!

You can download voice messages and email them to yourself. They will then be in your email account, plus you can save the attachments anywhere you want.

i saved several of my mother’s voicemails. Being able to hear her voice is better than any picture. I haven’t listened often, only a couple of times since her death several years ago.

@CanyonMoon

Totally natural to want to save your mother's voice messages too

I'm in the same boat op , we lost my dad in August and I want to keep his voicemails .

Oh thank you all - not just for the practical tips but also the understanding! I was wondering whether this would be considered totally mad/damaging but I would love to hear her bright and breezy messages (just not right now)

They are just on my iPhone voicemail (not WhatsApp) so it sounds like I can get them saved to the cloud. I’ll suss it out once I’ve braced myself to hear her voice - which may take a while. I found her last year’s Christmas card in my box of decorations and cried for about an hour so it turns out I’m not quite as together as I thought

Really appreciate the advice

Hi OP, is there someone who can save them for you if you're not ready to hear them?
My partner didn't save his and lost them, he's still gutted to this day about it :( I can't remember if he could access them from his iPhone, or just by ringing the network provider but either way, you don't want to risk losing them.
Wishing you all the best x

Actually @MBM18 yes that is exactly what I should do. I will ask my DH to do it. I know it will upset him too, to hear her - he really loved my mum.

The alternative though would be my BIL or a friend but I just .. don’t want anyone else to listen to the messages. I know it’s silly (he’d be happy to help) and I am trying to pull myself together but honestly suddenly my head’s not together 😢

Hi op, absolutely normal to want to save them, how special to have them ❤️

Its easy to do but maybe get dh to do it as they do normally play when you’re saving them and get him to leave you a voicemail so he can practice saving them (as they’re so special)

Hi OP ❤️ I lost my wonderful Dad today and came to this board to write my own post for a bit of support but don’t have the words for it yet.

However, I saw your post and thought I could help as I saved all my Dad’s voicemails last night. On iPhone, click on the voicemail you want to save, then the square with an upward arrow, then scroll down and click ‘save to files’. I must’ve saved about 30, all saying pretty much the same thing, but I don’t ever want to lose them either.

I’m so sorry for your loss ❤️‍🩹

Just turn your volume right down so they don’t play while you’re saving them if you’re not ready to hear them yet ❤️ maybe practice with a voicemail from someone else first so you know how to do it without it playing out loud.

Oh thank you @NameChange1412 I still haven’t brought myself to sort it yet but it’s really helpful to have the directions

I’m so very sorry to hear about your dad - you must feel broken 😢 Do look after yourself and you will certainly get support if you ask here xx