How long to keep evidence?

Hi butterflylady,
Can you not print it all off and just keep it away somewhere? That way you’ll still have the evidence in case you ever need it and you can delete it all off your phone so not seeing it on a daily basis. If you do print make sure dates and times are in the prints too as sometimes they can get cut off and obviously it’s quite important.

Definitely keep all evidence. You could also email it to an account or a friends account to keep for future. Sadly these abusers have a habit of popping back up just when we feel secure. And solid evidence is what’s needed for action. He

I agree. Keep every single thing.
I saved the several 1000 emails in a specific folder in my saved email section. Texts I screen shotted and shared with my email account and saved in same way (there were hundreds!!) It was time consuming and triggering but they’re saved where I eont look at them but can access.
I’m now at a stage where I can put away all my legal papers – I’m only going to keep decree absolute and the court rulings accessible the rest will go in sealed box in my loft. No wonder I’m so anxious with this task hanging over me. Maybe I’ll feel better when it’s done

If you don’t want them on your phone put them on your laptop? Or send them to a friend account or make another email address like the ladies said. I’m thinking about doing this ASAP as I don’t want anything on my
Phone anymore. Best of luck x

My kept evidence has kept my daughter safe and got me a non harass order. I printed everything got him charged and the shierff granted him not a single more hour contact. So important to keep everything and especially text messages.