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Congure sync options
You can congure synchronization options for any of your apps.
You can also decide what kind s of data to synchronize for ea ch
account.
To reach settings for Google ac counts, star t from Settings >
Accounts > Google.
For some accounts, sync ing is two-di rectional; cha nges that you
make to the information on your d evice are made to the copy of
that information on the web . Your Google Acco unt works this way.
other accounts support only one-way sync: the information on
your mobile device is read -only.
some apps, such as Gmail an d Calendar, have sep arate synchro-
nization setting s that p rovide mo re ne- grained c ontrol. Fo r ex-
ample, to control messag e syncing in the Gmail app, touc h
Menu > Label settings > Sync messages. in such cases, the set-
tings you select at the acc ount level are still v alid.

Congure auto-sync for all a pps

To control Anto-sync for al l apps that use it, op en Settings > Dat a
usage > Menu and check or unch eck Auto-sync data.
if you turn off Auto-syn c, you need to sync manuall y to collect
messages, email, and othe r recent informati on, and won’t recei ve
notications when update s occur. For example, cha nges that you
make in your People app are au tomatically made to you r Google
contacts on the web.