Select what to back up and how You can set your phone to automatically back up your app

list, settings, and text messages. To automatically back up your future videos or best-quality photos to OneDrive, you need a WiFi connection.

Tip: You don’t need to back up your contacts and calendar events separately. Your

phone automatically backs them up and keeps them in sync with your Microsoft account. If some of your downloaded apps are not included in the backup, you can re-download them from Store, as long as the app is available. Store remembers the apps you’ve bought, so you don’t need to pay for them again. Data transmission costs may apply. For more info, contact your network service provider.

Your phone backups are not visible in the main view of OneDrive, but you can find them in the OneDrive settings. Check people.live.com for your backed up contacts and

calendar.live.com for your calendar events.

For info on data security in OneDrive, go to windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/onedrive/

To back up other content, such as music, connect your phone to your computer, and follow the instructions on the computer screen. You have 2 options: either sync content between your phone and computer using the Windows Phone app for desktop, or drag and drop content from phone to computer in your computer’s file manager, such as Windows Explorer.

Back up the photos you’ve taken earlier to OneDrive

Tap Photos > , select the photos or albums you want to upload, tap > OneDrive, select where you want to upload the photos, and tap .

To check the photos you’ve backed up, log in to your OneDrive account on any device and check the folder to which you saved the photos.

Restore backed up data

You can restore your backed up data after resetting or updating your phone software, or when setting up a new phone. Sign in to your Microsoft account, and follow the instructions shown on your phone. To reset your phone, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > about > reset your phone. Resetting restores the factory settings, and erases all your personal content, but you can restore your backed up data after signing in to your Microsoft account.

Check and increase available memory on your phone

Use the Storage Sense app to check how much memory you have available.

The memory card is not supported by all phones. For availability, go to www.microsoft.com/

mobile/support/wpfeatures.

Tap Storage Sense.

Tap phone. To check the details of your memory card, tap SD card.

Tip: Want to see what more you have on your phone? Download the Files app from

Store, and easily manage files on your phone.

If the phone memory is getting full, first check for and remove things you no longer need: • Text, multimedia, and mail messages

• Contact entries and details • Apps

• Music, photos, or videos

Instead of removing, you can also move the files to the memory card.

The quality of your memory card may affect the performance of your phone greatly. To get the best out of your phone, use a fast 4–128GB card by a well-known manufacturer. For more info on memory cards, check the frequently asked questions.

Use only compatible memory cards approved for use with this device. Incompatible cards may damage the card and the device and corrupt data stored on the card.

Tip: If your phone doesn’t recognise the file type of a file (such as a zip file), it places

Remove temporary files to free up space

Tap phone > temporary files > delete. To delete temporary files and other data from just your browser, tap Internet Explorer settings > delete history.

Save or move apps to a memory card

Expand your phone’s memory with a memory card and save your apps to the card by default. The quality of your memory card may affect the performance of your phone greatly. To get the best out of your phone, use a fast 4–128GB card by a well-known manufacturer. For more info on memory cards, check the frequently asked questions.

The memory card is not supported by all phones. For availability, go to www.microsoft.com/

mobile/support/wpfeatures.

The memory card is sold separately. Tap Storage Sense.

To change where your phone stores your apps and other files, tap phone or SD card for each file type.

Move apps to the memory card

Tap phone > apps+games > , select which apps to move, and tap move. You can later move the apps back to your phone from the memory card.

The type of the memory card may affect how long it takes to move large files to the card.

Delete an app from your phone

You can remove installed apps that you no longer want to keep or use, to increase the amount of available memory.