Where are Google settings and data stored?

[andfo]

So when you first buy a phone and connect it with a Gmail account, your phone asks if you will check

"Use your Google Account to back up your apps, settings (such as bookmarks and Wi-Fi password), and other data."

But where can I see the backed-up settings and data online?

 

[Engjoseph]

Enter in : Settings -> Backup & reset , you will find the data backup options.

 

[Hadron]

Stuff like your phonebook you can view from GMail on a Web browser. Backed up app data I don't know a way of viewing, but most of it wouldn't be readable anyway. The purpose of that is to allow you to restore stuff after a reset or when moving to a new device. Can't say how well it works myself as I don't use it (I prefer to manage my own backups).

 

[svim]

You can view/alter/edit a lot of your Google account info by logging into your account here:
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=backup&passive=1209600&
You can check on your privacy settings, personal info, archive/back up all your data into a single, downloadable zip or tgz file, set up two-factor verification login, and generally just be amazed at the freakish amount of stuff that's in your Google account.

 

[andfo]

@Engjoseph

Thank you. Does that also backup data from non-google apps or does that backup only data from directly googlish apps like gmail and google map?

 

[svim]

Non-Google apps aren't included. It's just all your Google account stuff - emails, contacts, calendars, photos, music, files in Drive, G+ postings, etc. that you pick what you do and don't want included, then choose what archive file type your prefer, and when you're done you just have to wait until our Google overlord compresses everything you've chosen into a file. Might take an hour, might take several. Depends on how long you've had your Google account and how much stuff you've accumulated. You'll get an email when it's done with a link to download the file that could be several hundred MBs or more. Your mail is saved as .mbox, Contacts as .vcf, bookmarks as .html, calendar as .ics so generally you're getting file types that are commonly exportable/importable.

 

[greanfz]

Can we download the backup file on our computer?