Where your phone data is stored
The info on your phone is backed up in different places based on its operating system. If your backups are uploaded in Google, they're encrypted with your Google Account password. For some data, your phone's screen lock PIN, pattern, or password is also used for encryption.
Your backup data (except what you back up to Google Photos) is erased if:
- You don't use your device for 57 days
- You turn off backups
What gets saved with Backup by Google One
- App data
- Call history
- Contacts
- Settings
- SMS messages
- Pictures and videos
- MMS messages
What gets saved by Apple iCloud Backup
Some things get backed up by Apple, so you don't need to turn on Google One's backup to save this data. These files include:
- iMessages, SMS texts, and MMS messages
- App data
- Device settings
For the most up-to-date list and to find more details about iCloud, visit the help center.
Turn on automatic backups
To make, manage, or delete backups, you need to use a mobile device.
Check backup details
On your computer, you can check what data and apps are included in your backup file.
- On your computer, go to Google One.
- Scroll to "Device backups."
- Click the device with a backup you want to check.
- Tip: Devices that other members of your Google One family backed up are listed here, too. But you can't check the details of what your family backed up.
- Below the device you want to check, click View details.
Delete your data backups
If you turn off Backup by Google One on your device, your backups are deleted. Photos and videos that you previously backed up remain saved in Google Photos.
If you don't use your device for 57 days, the data you backed up (except photos or videos) is also erased.