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Back up or restore data on your Android 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 phones. 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.

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Back up or restore data on your Android device
Where your phone data is stored
Back up content
Turn on automatic backups
Manually back up data &settings
Erase after backing up
Get your data onto a new phone
Related resources

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

Important: Some of these steps work only on Android 9 and up. Learn how to check your 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

Back up content

Back up photos and videos.Learn how to automatically upload photos and videos to your Google Photos library.
Back up files and folders.Learn how to back up files to Google Drive.

Turn on automatic backups

Important:To help protect your backed-up data, use aPIN, pattern, or password screen lock, instead of a swipe or Smart Lock.

You can set up your phone to automatically back up your files.

Open your phones Settings app.
Select Google
Backup.
Optional: If this is your first time, turn on Backup by Google One and follow the on-screen instructions.
Tap Back up now.

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

Add or switch backup accounts

Add a backup account

Open your phone's Settings app.
Tap System
Backup. If these steps don't match your phone's settings, try searching your settings app for backup, or get help from your device manufacturer.
Tap Backup account
Add account.
If needed, enter your phone's PIN, pattern, or password.
Sign in to the account that you want to add.

Switch between backup accounts

Open your phone's Settings app.
Tap System
Backup.If these steps don't match your phone's settings, try searching your settings app for backup, or get help from your device manufacturer.
Tap Backup account.
Tap the account that you want to use for backups.

What gets backed up

Important:Not all apps can back up or restore all settings and data.To find outabout an app, learn how to contact its developer.

App data
Call history
Contacts
Settings
SMS messages
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 data &settings

Open your phone's Settings app.
Tap Google
Backup.
If these steps don't match your phone's settings, try searching your settings app for backup, or get help from your device manufacturer.
Tap Back up now.

Erase after backing up

After you back up, you can reset your phone by erasing everything on it.Learn how to reset your phone to factory settings.

Get your data onto a new phone

When you add your Google Account to a phone that's been set up, what you'd previously backed up for that Google Account gets put ontothe phone.

To restore a backed-upaccount to areset phone, follow the on-screen steps. For more help,visityour manufacturer's support site.

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 timeor after a factory reset. At setup, to restore your data, follow the on-screen steps.

The process can take up to 24 hours.

Important: You can't restore a backup from a higher Android version onto a phone running a lower Android version. Learn how to check and update your Android version.

See what photos, data, and settings you backed up

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

Open your phones Settings app.
Tap Google
Backup.
Under Backup details, review what data is backed up on your device.

Restore backed-up contacts

If you've saved your contacts to your Google Account, they'll sync automatically. If you have other contacts on a phone or SIM card,learn how to manually restore contacts.