Device & data manager
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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. You must sign in to your
Google or Samsung account to back up or restore data.
Using a Google account
1
Tap
Settings
on the All apps screen.
2
Tap
Backup and reset
→
Back up my data
, and then tap the
Back up my data
switch to
activate it.
3
Tap
Backup account
and select an account as the backup account.
Using a Samsung account
On the All apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Accounts
→
Samsung account
→
Backup
for the
Samsung account, select the items to back up, and then tap
BACK UP NOW
.
To set the device to automatically back up data, tap the
Auto back up
switch to activate it.
To restore data using a Samsung account, tap
Restore
. Current data will be deleted from the
device to restore the selected items.
•
To restore data using a Google account, open the All apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
, and then tick
Automatic restore
. When you reinstall apps,
backed up settings and data will be restored.
•
To restore data using a Samsung account, open the All apps screen and tap
Settings
→
Accounts
→
Samsung account
→
Restore
. Current data will be
deleted from the device to restore the selected items.
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 All apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Factory data reset
→
RESET
DEVICE
→
ERASE EVERYTHING
. The device automatically restarts.