Google Account Backup & Restore for Android

Backing up information to your Google Account with Google Drive is free and keeps all your files safe as long as you have it set up correctly. In this video I walk you through everything you need to know to make sure your info is being properly saved and ready to move to a new phone at any time. I also show how to use Autofill to quickly login to all your apps.

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[TechWithBrett]

There are many ways to backup and transfer your personal info from one phone to another but this is all about using what is built into ever Android phone. Do you use Google Autofill?

[Chrissanthumum]

Man! I'm 6:35 minutes in and I paused in part because my attention span needs work, but this is so much better than the last video I clicked on.The guy was talking about backing up and restoring but not showing us "non-tech babies" how to do it like you are. Listening to you thoroughly walk me through the process for close to 20 minutes beats the frustration that I feel searching for the right video....one that does not use a language other than English but has an English title....Thank you. I'm getting my old phone and my new one. This is gonna take tenacity. Rewind!

[DeathStarU.S.A]

Thanks for this. Recently updated to Android 11 on my Moto G stylus and it sucks. The battery drains WAYYYY faster now and my lock screen is jacked up. So now I'm gonna reset my phone so I can go back to Android 1o. Just wanted to back up all my data before I erase everything. And this video helped with the process. Thanks

[gotminegettingyours]

Thank you, Brett. I got a fresh Samsung S7 from Swappa to replace my aging Motorola Z. I found your video, and boy, what a great help! I had to download the Samsung utility to my Whoopie-Rolla. Once I figured that out, it went a lot more smoothly, saving me hours and hours - and hours of hard work. Much appreciated.

[ericb]

Doesn't explain how to use Google to restore back up from google drive after the phone has already been set up

[costazachariou]

This video was very informative. Thank you. A couple of questions.. My phone takes up 94 gigs of space. What is Googles default drive size or do I have to purchase more space or unlimited space before attempting backup and restore?

Also I purchased my wife an unlimited GDriveCloud drive space. Is that a Google account or is it a different account?

[willapeters]

Thank you so much for your instructions. You are a life saver. I was able to backup and restore the files and data to my Samsung phone. My phone went Rouge this morning. I picked up my phone to check message, on its own, , the screen was downloading I don't know what. Then the screen was erasing data which resulted in a factory reset. My carrier ( V ) could not tell me what happened with my phone and refused to connect me with Tech Support. I was advised that I may not be able to recover my data. . I was on a chat session with my carrier from 12:46 am to 3:27 am this morning with no resolution. I was advised to go to Google to backup and reset my phone; the steps were incomplete, and the steps were not accurate. Thanks again.

[RondellKB]

Is there a way to manually restore the backup after you've already gone through the setup process? I've installed a custom rom but it doesn't give an option to add a google account during the setup process which also means that there is no way to restore.

[omar.sheikh]

How do you restore a back up once the phone has been set up? I cannot locate the screen being shown.

[anandraj.p]

I set up my new phone but didn't select choose a backup to restore.. I want call history and messages backup to restore now.. In Google drive it is showing my old phone backup.. How to extract that data to my new phone..

[davecrupel]

I have a Motorola 5G Ace.
For some incomprehensible reason, Google has made restoring data much more difficult to do.
The 'backup & restore" tab is now just 'accounts." And there is no simple "restore" button like there used to be.
And I can't figure out how to restore my apps & data. Can't figure it out in device settings, can't figure it out in Google One, can't figure it out anywhere or anyhow.
And Google did not automatically restore my data to my new phone upon account setup, despite a back-up I did on my old phone the previous day.

[booomanchu]

Good video. Looking forward to your follow up regarding commecting the Samsung and what benefits would be. Thank you

[danbalaban]

I backed up all my data on Google Drive more than once before doing a factory reset to get needed repairs on my Samsung GS21. Once I got the phone back from the authorized Samsung repair shop, I signed into all of my Gmail accounts. Not once did a screen appear asking me to backup to install. I wish you had covered this eventuality, which is probably more common than one would hope. So unfortunately, this long video didn't help at all.

[techclassy]

Question: 13:27 I backed up from my old phone folders with pictures for instance Facebook, and Instagram. On my new phone it doesn't show the actual folders is that by default? Whatever folders you back up to the cloud it just reorganizes them by date not by folders?

[brendangross]

How do I get back to the download back up files? My phone only restored Contacts and Photos... I was never able to select apps and messages... I have a note 10+ from a pixel Xl

[japhethans]

Finally, a video that is true and trustwhorthy.

[khawajamuneeb]

I cant find any option in my note 20 uktra about choose a backup to restore

[EvelynHernandez]

OMG Thank you! this little walk through helped me cuz i really wanted to back up based off my google drive back up and not use smart switch. I had accidently deleted messeges recently lol and thankfully I got it them back. :D

[CasAshworth]

I knew a few days ago old android phone was failing so I backed it up to google drive, and the backup is sitting there. I bought new android phone today thinking it would be easy to restore the backup from google drive - but it seems impossible to do it. In new phone's settings - the "backup" option is there - but no option for "restore". So how do I get the backup to this new phone? The old phone completely failed now - so I can't get into it at all. Any suggestions?

[tomm]

Thank you Brett, I went through my phone as you were doing your video. I had most everything all ready done. But i will keep this video handy and easy to find so when I do get a new phone, wala i have it handy. Great video as always . And if some one i know need a little help, zap right to them. See ya on the next one.