How To Backup & Restore Data On Your Android Devices

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How To Backup & Restore Data On Your Android Devices

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Back Up Your Device

You can back up content, data, and settings from your phone to your Google Account. You can restore your backed up information to the original phone or to some other Android devices. You can't use back up when you set up a personal device with a work profile or for work only, or when you set up a company-owned device.

Restoring data varies by phone and Android version. You can't restore a backup from a higher Android version onto a phone running a lower Android version.

Where your phone data is stored

Backups are uploaded to Google servers and they're encrypted with your Google Account password. For some data, your phone's screen lock PIN, pattern, or password is also used to encrypt your data so it can be backed up safely.

Your backup data (except what you back up to Google Photos) is erased if:

  • You don't use your device for 57 days
  • You turn off Android backup

Automatically back up your Android device

You can set up your Android device to automatically back up your files.

  • On your Android device, open the Google One app.
  • At the bottom, tap Storage.
  • Scroll to Backup and tap View.
  • To see your backup settings, tap Manage backup.
  • Choose your backup settings.
  • If asked, tap Allow permissions.
  • At the top left, tap Back.

Your Google One backup can take up to 24 hours. When your data is saved, On will be below the data types you selected.

Start or stop a backup

After you choose your backup settings, you can decide to start a backup right away. You can also turn off automatic backups at any time.

Start or stop a backup

  • On your Android device, open the Google One app.
  • At the bottom, tap Storage.
  • Scroll to the device backup section.
  • To find your backup settings, tap Manage backup.
  • Tap Back up now.

Stop future device backups

  • On your Android device, open the Google One app.
  • Scroll to the device backup section and tap See details.
  • Turn off the types of data which you don’t want to back up.

Get your data onto a new phone

Your photos and videos are already available in Google Photos. But you can restore the rest of the data you backed up while you set up your new phone for the first time or after a factory reset. At setup, to restore your data, follow the on-screen steps.

The process can take up to 24 hours.

Delete your data backups

If you turn off Backup by Google One on your device, your backups are deleted. Photos and videos that you previously backed up remain saved in Google Photos.

If you don't use your device for 57 days, the data you backed up (except photos or videos) is also erased.


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