Basics
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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
Samsung account to back up or restore data. Refer to
Accounts
for more information.
Using a Samsung account
On the Apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Samsung Cloud
→
Back up
, select
the items to back up, and then tap
Back up
.
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, open the Apps screen and tap
Settings
→
Backup
and reset
→
Samsung Cloud
→
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 Apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Factory data reset
→
Reset
→
OK
. The device automatically restarts.