Basics
42
Backing up and restoring data
Keep your personal information, app data, and settings safe on your device. You can back up
your sensitive information and access it later. You must sign in to your Google or Samsung
account to back up or restore data. Refer to
Samsung account
and
Accounts
for more
information.
Using a Samsung account
On the Apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Back up my data
for the Samsung
account, tap the switches next to the items you want to back up to activate them, and then
tap
BACK UP NOW
.
Data will be backed up to Samsung Cloud. Refer to
Samsung Cloud
for more information.
To set the device to automatically back up data, tap the
Auto back up
switch to activate it.
To restore backup data from Samsung Cloud using a Samsung account, tap
Restore
. Select a
device and the data types you want to restore and tap
RESTORE NOW
. The selected data will
be restored to your device.
Using a Google account
On the Apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Back up my data
for the Google
account, and then tap the switch to activate it. Tap
Backup account
and select an account as
the backup account.
To restore data using a Google account, tap the
Automatic restore
switch to activate it. When
you reinstall apps, backed up settings and data will be restored.
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
→
DELETE ALL
. The device automatically restarts.