Note:
If your device is activated on BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, contact your administrator to verify if you are able to
back up and restore your device data.
Set backup preferences in BlackBerry Link
You can set the option to back up your BlackBerry device automatically when you connect your device to your computer.
You can also customize the backup file name that BlackBerry Link creates and select which types of data to include in your
backup file.
On a Windows computer, do the following:
1. Open BlackBerry Link.
2. At the side of the BlackBerry Link window, click your device.
3. Click
Back Up & Restore
.
By default, BlackBerry Link performs a quick backup of your device, including all data except your media files and
applications.
4. Do one of the following:
• To set the option to back up your device automatically, select the
Automatically back up my device
checkbox. In
the drop-down list, select how often you want to back up your device data.
• To back up all of your device data, select the
Full Backup
option.
• To back up specific data, select the
Custom Backup
option. Click
Configure
. Select the checkboxes beside the
data that you want to include in your backup files.
On a Mac computer, do the following:
1. Open BlackBerry Link.
2. At the side of the BlackBerry Link window, click your device.
3. Click
Back Up & Restore
.
By default, BlackBerry Link backs up all of your device data.
4. Do one the following:
• To set the option to back up your device automatically, select the
Back up my device
checkbox. In the drop-down
list, select how often you want to back up your device data.
• To back up specific data, choose the
Select data to include in your backup files
checkbox. Select the checkboxes
beside the data you want to include in your backup files.
Back up your device data
You can manually back up the data on your BlackBerry device at any time. By default, BlackBerry Link performs a quick
backup of your device, including all data except your media files and applications. If you set backup preferences,
BlackBerry Link creates a backup file containing the data you specify
1.
On your computer, open BlackBerry Link.
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