
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
and tick
Back up my data
.
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
, tick the
items to back up, and then tap
Back up now
→
Back up
. To set the device to automatically
back up data, tick
Auto back up
.
•
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
for
more information.
On the All apps screen, tap
Settings
→
Backup and reset
→
Factory data reset
→
Reset
device
→
Erase everything
. The device automatically restarts.