Backing Up & Restoring Data using Smart Switch

You can use Smart Switch to manage your data through a SD Card from the Smart switch PC program, from your mobile phone or from USB storage.

When using Smart Switch, you can backup and restore data from Galaxy devices to external storage in various ways.

After installing the Smart Switch PC program on your PC, you can back up and restore data at any time you want by connecting to the Galaxy device.

• Download the Smart Switch PC program for Windows™
• Download the Smart Switch PC program for MAC™

If you need help installing Smart Switch on your PC please check out our guide Downloading Smart Switch on my PC for step-by-step instructions.

After connecting the SD card to the Galaxy device, you can backup and restore data through Smart Switch mobile's SD card backup menu. When backing up the SD card, delete the previously backed up data with the Smart Switch SD card and keep only the most recent date as backup data.

For an in-depth guide on backing up to an SD please refer to our guide Backing up my Samsung Device using an SD Card or USB.

When connecting the device and the USB storage, you can back up the data to the USB storage through Smart Switch. Backing up to USB storage can create several identical back up files using sequential back up methods.