Today, people spend lots of time to access their mobile devices. Aside from multimedia files, Android phone data includes contacts, call logs, messages, calendars, notes, reminders, social media accounts, and much more. Therefore, making regular backups of Android data is indispensable to safeguard it against accidental deletion or theft. This guide tells you multiple ways to back up your Android phone or tablet to a cloud service or computer quickly.

Part 1: Best Way to Back up Android

The easiest way to back up an Android phone to a PC is Apeaksoft Android Data Backup & Restore. It enables you to make a copy of all data or specific files on your Android device. More importantly, it does not require technical skill. That makes it a good choice for beginners.

How to Back up an Android Device to PC

Step 1. Connect to your Android

Launch the best Android backup software after you install it on your PC. There is another version for Mac. Hook up your Android phone to the computer with a USB cable. Make sure to enable USB Debugging mode on your phone.

Step 2. Select data types

Click the Device Data Backup button to enter the data type window. If you hope to back up the entire phone, click One-click Backup. Then tick the checkboxes next to the data type that you want to back up. To encrypt your Android backup, check Encrypted Backup, and leave a password.

Step 3. Back up Android

Click the Start button and set a directory to begin backing up your Android device to your computer. When it is done, disconnect your phone.

Part 2: How to Back up Android Phone via USB

Android is an open-source operating system. It means that you can connect your Android phone to a computer with a USB cable and back up photos, videos, and other files. Here is how it is done:

Step 1. Connect your phone to a computer with a compatible cable.

Step 2. Open the Settings app, and go to System or General and Developer options. Toggle on USB debugging.

Step 3. Go back to the Settings screen, head to Connected devices, choose USB, and tap File Transfer.

Step 4. Switch to your PC, and open a File Explorer window. Then choose your Android device under This PC, and back up the phone to the computer.

Part 3: How to Back up Android Phone with Official Backup Services

Major manufacturers, such as Samsung, Huawei, OnePlus, and more, offer backup services for their Android devices. We demonstrate how to back up Android with the official backup services respectively.

How to Back up Samsung with Smart Switch

Step 1. Plug your Galaxy phone into your computer with the charging cable.

Step 2. Run the Smart Switch on your PC, and allow the USB connection for file transfer on your phone.

Step 3. Choose Backup, and select the data types to back up in the list.

Step 4. Click the Backup button, select a destination folder, and back up Samsung to your computer.

How to Back up Huawei Phone with Huawei HiSuite

Step 1. Connect your Huawei phone to a computer with a USB cable. When prompted, select Transfer files.

Step 2. HiSuite should open automatically and recognize the device. If not, open it manually.

Step 3. Run the Settings app, go to Security & privacy, tap Allow HiSuite to use HDB, and toggle on Allow HiSuite to use HDB. Tap OK on the pop-up dialog.

Step 4. Turn to your computer, and click OK to install HiSuite on your phone.

Step 5. After installing, a notification will pop up. Click OK. Then tap Allow on your phone.

Step 6. Next, follow the on-screen instructions to agree with the HiSuite terms, and allow HiSuite to obtain your phone IMEI number.

Step 7. Then click the Back Up button. Select the desired data types, and click Back Up to begin backing up Android apps and data to the computer.

How to Back up OnePlus with OnePlus Switch

Step 1. If you need to back up the OnePlus phone to a PC, open the OnePlus Switch app on your phone. The app is called Clone Phone.

Step 2. Tap Agree and continue, press the More option at the top right corner, and choose Back up & restore.

Step 3. Press Agree and continue, tap New backup, and hit Allow.

Step 4. Select the data that you want to back up on Android, and tap Start.

Step 5. Next, link your phone to your PC with a compatible cable. Open a File Explorer window, choose your phone, and go to Internal storage, Android, data. Open the folder with the name com.oneplus.backuprestore.

Step 6. Then copy the Backup folder to your hard disk.

Part 4: How to Back up Android Phone with Google One

Google One is a cloud backup storage for Android users to back up a phone to Google. It gives 15GB of free storage for each account. If you need more space, paid plans are available starting at $1.99 a month for 100GB.

Step 1. Run the Settings app, go to Accounts, choose Add account, select Google, and sign in to your Google account.

Step 2. Next, go back to the Settings app, and choose Backup & reset or Backup and Restore.

Step 3. Toggle on the Backup by Google One option, and tap Back up now.

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