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Jul 20, 2017 - This article serves as a brief intro into the working of Google Backup. CloudDuplicateFinder & Delete Google Drive Duplicates in minutes. Backup & Sync is a tool developed by Google. It automatically uploads the data from your hard drive and connected USB devices to your Google Drive.
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Google's Android operating system lets you back up your data to your Google Account and, if you want, restore that data to a new Android device when you sign in with your Gmail username and password. The backup feature is designed to help you transition between devices easily, but it can become frustrating when you're switching devices often and you don't want Android to install all your apps, settings, and passwords every time you log in to a new device.
1.Find out what information Google is backing up for you by looking at your Google Dashboard (see link in Resources). Once you log in, you can see all the applications and devices where you have data stored with Google. Under the Android section you can see which devices have been registered with your Gmail username and password, when they were last activated and which backups are on Google's servers. Typically Google will back up your Android settings, dictionary and market applications.
2.Unlock the Android device for which you want to delete the backup information. Open the application launcher and select the Settings icon. Scroll down to the Personal section and tap 'Backup & Reset.' Tap the check boxes next to Back up My Data and Automatic Restore to disable those features.
3.Tap the back button to return to the main Settings menu. Select 'Language & Input' from the Personal section. Tap the settings icon to the right of Google Keyboard, tap 'Personal Dictionary' and tap a word in your personal dictionary. Touch the trash icon at the bottom right of the screen. Repeat for all the words in your personal dictionary. Back out of the personal dictionary and Google Keyboard. Scroll down and tap 'Voice Search.' Uncheck the box next to 'Personal Recognition' to remove your personal voice profile from Google's servers.
4.Return to the app launcher and select the Play Store. Tap the three-dot icon in the upper right and select 'My Apps.' Touch the spot on the bar labeled 'All' to see all your apps listed on Google's backup of your account. Tap the 'X' next to each app that you want to delete from your Google Account.
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- The only way to completely delete all information from your Google Account is to delete the account.
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If you're a professional photographer, then you likely need all of your photos backed up at their original resolution, in their original format. For the rest of us? Believe me, all you're doing when you select 'Original Quality' is ensuring that your 2,252 flubbed selfies are maintained in pristine high fidelity, eating up all your remaining space on Google Drive. The best option here is to select 'High Quality' for your photos and videos. They'll be perfect for posting to social media and even printing (assuming anyone does that anymore), but with the added bonus that they don't count against your Drive space. Upload a thousand pics. Upload a million! Google will quietly convert them all and keep them safe for you (plus analyze them and give you fun things like auto-collage, time lapse, and touched up pics if you make them available in Photos).
Unless you're afraid your coworkers are going to break in and steal your files, go ahead and sync.
Google3. Use Sync To Maintain Your Files Everywhere
Syncing your Drive files will let you edit them on the desktop, then keep them in the cloud so that you can access them from anywhere else you can access your Google Drive. You aren't chained to one laptop or a browser and can work wherever it's comfortable or convenient to do so (something I plan on exploring in much more detail next month when I take on my own personal Google challenge, more on that later).
Ultimately, if you're using either the Drive or Photos app from Google, you should upgrade to Backup and Sync right away. It's a simpler way to maintain your Google Drive and keeps you from having to maintain multiple apps. And if you aren't using Google Drive yet, you should really amend that as quickly as possible. You can get the new app from the Photos and Drive download pages.