Device & data manager
Backing up and restoring data
Keep your personal information, app data, and settings safe on your device. You can back up your sensitive information to a backup account and access it later.
Using a Google account
1 | Tap Settings on the Apps screen. |
2 | Tap Backup and reset and tick Back up my data. |
3 | Tap Backup account and select an account as the backup account. |
To restore data, you must sign in to your Google account via the setup wizard. You can launch and open the setup wizard by performing a factory data reset on the device. If you do not sign in to your Google account via the setup wizard, you cannot restore the backup data.
Using a Samsung account
On the Apps screen, tap Settings →Accounts →Add account →Samsung account, and then sign in to your Samsung account.
Tap Samsung account →Backup, tick the items to back up, and then tap Back up now → Back up.
To restore data, open the Apps screen, tap Settings →Accounts →Samsung account →Restore, select the items, and then tap Restore now.
Performing a data reset
Delete all settings and data on the device. Before performing a factory data reset, ensure you back up all important data stored on the device. Refer to Backing up and restoring data for more information.
On the Apps screen, tap Settings →Backup and reset →Factory data reset →Reset device →Erase everything. The device automatically restarts.
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