What can I do about the messages on my iPhone taking up space?

[Notafanboyyet]

My iPhone (5, 16GB) currently has 3.8GB of space being taken up by messages, but I don't want to delete them, I'd much rather back them up to an external source such as my Mac, are there ways of doing this that people can recommend?

Thank You!

 

[JoeyD74]

Not sure but I hope someone posts a solution as I like to do the same.