Dorsum up or restore data on your Android device

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

Restoring data varies past phone and Android version. You can't restore a fill-in 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 information technology tin be backed upward safely.

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

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

Back up content

  1. Support photos and videos. Larn how to automatically upload photos and videos to your Google Photos library.
  2. Back up files and folders. Acquire how to back up files to Google Drive.

Automatically dorsum up your telephone

Important:To assistance protect your backed-upwards data, utilise a PIN, pattern, or password screen lock, instead of a swipe or Smart Lock.

Y'all can prepare upwardly your telephone to automatically support your files.

  1. Open your phone'due south Settings app.
  2. Select Google And then Fill-in.
    Optional: If this is your first time, turn on Backup by Google One and follow the on-screen instructions.
  3. Tap Support now.

Your Google I fill-in tin can take up to 24 hours. When your information is saved, "On" will exist below the data types you selected.

Add or switch backup accounts

Add a fill-in account

  1. Open up your phone's Settings app.

  2. Tap SystemAnd thenBackup. If these steps don't friction match your phone's settings, attempt searching your settings app for backup, or get help from your device manufacturer.

  3. Tap Backup business relationship And thenAdd business relationship.
  4. If needed, enter your phone'south Pin, design, or password.
  5. Sign in to the business relationship that you want to add together.

Switch between backup accounts

  1. Open your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap SystemAnd thenBackup.If these steps don't lucifer your phone'due south settings, try searching your settings app for backup, or get help from your device manufacturer.
  3. Tap Backup business relationship.
  4. Tap the business relationship that yous want to use for backups.

What gets backed upwards

Backup by Google One automatically saves data from your telephone. Data saved with Backup by Google One includes:

  • App data
  • Call history
  • Contacts
  • Settings
  • SMS letters
  • Pictures and videos
  • MMS messages

Tip: You can automatically back up your photos and videos to your Google Photos library. Learn how to back up your photos.

Manually back up information & settings

  1. Open your phone'southward Settings app.
  2. Tap Google And thenBackup.
    If these steps don't match your phone'southward settings, try searching your settings app for fill-in, or go help from your device manufacturer.
  3. Tap Back up now.

Erase after backing upwards

Become your data onto a new phone

When you add together your Google Account to a telephone that's been fix up, what you'd previously backed up for that Google Account gets put onto the phone.

To restore a backed-up account to a reset telephone, follow the on-screen steps. For more help, get help from your device manufacturer.

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

The procedure tin take up to 24 hours.

Important: Y'all can't restore a backup from a higher Android version onto a telephone running a lower Android version. Acquire how to bank check and update your Android version.

Run into what photos, data, and settings y'all backed up

 You can bank check what data and which apps are included in your backup.

  1. Open up your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Google And thenFill-in.
  3. Under "Fill-in details," review what information is backed up on your device.

Restore backed-upwards contacts

If you've saved your contacts to your Google Business relationship, they'll sync automatically. If you have other contacts on a telephone or SIM carte, learn how to manually restore contacts.

How Fill-in handles your data

Important: The data that backup collects is encrypted in transit.

Backup sends your data to Google's backup servers and helps y'all transfer information between devices. Fill-in collects certain information to perform services on your device. Some of this functionality uses Google Play services. For example, fill-in collects:

  • Messages, contacts, app settings, and preferences are collected every bit part of your personal backup.
  • Personal identifiers are nerveless to ensure that your backups are associated with you and your business relationship.
  • Crash logs and diagnostics are collected for analytics and troubleshooting purposes.

Turn backup off

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