How to Back Up Your Google Account on Android and PC

For years, Google's virtual ecosystem, with its suite of useful applications like Gmail, Google Photos, Google Chat, and Google Drive, has helped to define and enable life in the digital world.

Given how much of our lives is intertwined with these Google products, and how they all connect when you log in to one Google account, it's essential to secure that account.

It would be terrible to fall victim to a cyberattack that compromises information associated with your Google account.

Backing up your Google account ensures that your data won't be lost accidentally. This article will show you how to back up your Google account on both Android and PC, for added protection of your Google data.

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How to Back Up Your Google Account on Android

If you have an Android, you can back up your Google account directly through your device's built-in features.

Here are four concrete steps that you can follow:

1. Open your Android's Settings app.

Step 2. Go to Google > Backup in your settings.

Step 3: Under "Backup," you'll see information about your Google account, your device, and when the last backup took place.

Step 4: Tap on “Backup Now.” The backup process will start shortly, and you can find the backup file in Google Drive.

Google gives each new user 15 GB of free Google Drive space to store their Google App data. Before backing up your Google Account, make sure you have enough Google Drive space to save these copies. You can also get more cloud space by purchasing a Google One plan.

How to Back Up Your Google Account with Google Takeout

In addition to automatically backing up your Google Account on Android devices, you can export your Google Account data from your computer and save it to another location for safekeeping.

The tutorial is as follows:

Step 1: Open the Google Chrome browser on your computer and log in to your Google account using your password.

Step 2. Go to the Google Takeout website. This is where you can download everything from your Google account.

Step 3: Scroll down and check the box next to Google Account. This will back up your sign-in and account activity. Check any other app data you want to back up as well.

Select “Google Account”

4. After making your selection, scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Next.

Click the “Next” button.

Step 5: Next, you need to customize your file type, frequency, and destination preferences. It's recommended to opt for the "Send download link via email" option. This way, you can download the data through Gmail and save it locally or on an external disk, avoiding excessive cloud storage usage. After setting all options, click Create Export.

It's worth noting that Google Takeout might take a long time to export the data you want to back up. Depending on the size of your Google Account, the backup can take hours or even days to complete.

Still, Google Takeout is the most practical and comprehensive way to back up your Google account. The time it takes is worth it for the peace of mind that comes with knowing your data is safe.

Tip from the Pros: How to Better Protect Your Google Data

As mentioned, after exporting your Google account through Google Takeout on your computer, it's recommended that you download a copy of your data via email to save locally or on an external drive, to avoid taking up space in your limited Google Drive storage.

However, your backed-up data is still at risk from computer viruses or hardware failures. To add an extra layer of security to your Google Account data, it's recommended that you follow the 3-2-1 backup rule and keep three different copies of your data on two different types of media. In this regard, professional data backup software like Todo Backup Home can play a vital role.

If you have a lot of data, manually backing up important files would be very inefficient – Google can take hours to export your data, and copying and pasting could take a very long time.

As a great offline backup software, Todo Backup Home can help you finish all backup tasks promptly, and it supports backing up data to the cloud space or other media provided by the tool. After categorizing your exported data, you can create multiple backup tasks with this software, and Todo will manage these data stably.

Here are some features of Todo Backup Home:

• Automatic backups can be set to run as per user preferences
• Offers various advanced customization options for backup settings
• Features multiple backup modes, including incremental backup
• Supports backing up Gmail and other personal data, systems, disks, and files

Here's another way to back up your Google account.

Step 1: Tap Select Backup Content to begin the backup process.

Step 2. There are four backup types: Files, Disk, System, and Mail. Click on Files.

Step 3: This displays the files on your computer and those shared on the network. Expand the folders to select the files you want to back up.

Step 4. Choose where you want to save your backup as instructed on-screen.

Click “Options,” then set a password for encrypted backups under “Backup Options,” and set up a backup schedule and choose to start a backup at a specific event under “Backup Plan.” There are many other customization options available during the backup process as well.

Step 5: You can save the backup file to your local disk, the Tools online service, or a NAS.

Step 6: Todo Backup lets you save your backups to third-party cloud drives as well as its own.

If you want to back up to a third-party cloud drive, choose “Local Disk,” then scroll down and add a cloud device, add an account, and log in.

You can also save the backup to Tools' cloud storage service. Click Tools Cloud, then sign up and log in to your Tools account.

Step 7. Click “Backup Now” to start the backup. When it's done, it will appear as a card on the left side of the Dashboard. To manage the backup job further, right-click on it.

Conclusions

This article will detail how to backup your Google account on both Android and PC. However, for more comprehensive data security, we recommend creating an additional backup plan for your important Google data with the Todo Backup Home tool.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Can I restore a backup from Google Drive to my iPhone?

I'm sorry, but I'm unable to restore a backup from Google Drive to my iPhone. Google Drive is not compatible with the iOS platform, so there's no direct way to restore data from Google Drive to an iPhone.

Do I need to back up my Google account?

Yes, you should back up your Google account data.

Backing up your Google account regularly is extremely important. Your Google account contains not just personal information, but also vital data like app data and browsing history. Losing this data due to a catastrophic event would be devastating for most Google users. Therefore, to keep your data safe, read on and back up your account.