How to Restore Google Pixel Phones from Backup

Q: I’ve been facing some problems with Pixel phone–accidentally deleted some crucial data from my phone, and I want to try restoring them from pixel backup, what’s the best way to fully restore Pixel from backup exactly?

Many of you may encounter the same problems as the user above. Besides accidentally deleting, there are many reasons that could lead to data loss, such as hardware & system malfunctions, human errors, software corruption, and the computer virus, etc.

Though it’s really a catastrophe to lose important data, you don’t have to be panic, the lost data can be restored from backup if you have backed up your Pixel. Now you can follow the steps below to restore Pixel from backup.

How to Restore Backed-up Photos, Data and Device Settings

Please connect your Pixel phone to a Wi-Fi or Cellular network, and follow steps below to restore the Pixel phone from the backup.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Tap Reset to reset your Pixel phone, then you can follow the on-screen steps.
3. When the Copy apps & data display to you, please tap Next.
4. Choose Can’t use the old phone.
5. Tap OK under Copy another way.
6. Click A backup from the cloud.
7. Sign in with your Google account that has the backup.
8. Choose a backup and select the file types you want to restore, and then tap Restore to restore data from Google Pixel phone.

How to Restore Backed-up App Settings

1. Open your Pixel phone’s Settings app.
2. Under Personal, please tap Backup & Reset.
3. Under Content, you can tap App data.
4. Turn on Automatic restore.

How to Restore Backed-up Contacts

1. Open your device’s Settings app > Tap Google > Under Services, tap Restore contacts.
2. If you have multiple Google Accounts, choose which account’s contacts to restore > Tap From Account > Tap the device with the contacts to copy.
3. If you don’t want to copy contacts from your SIM card or device storage, turn off SIM card or Device storage > Tap Restore, then wait until you see Contacts restored.

Restore Data via DroidKit

Compared to the above methods, DroidKit is a more comprehensive Android data recovery software. It not only helps you to restore data from Google backup, but also from SD cards, SIM cards and device. At the same time, if you want to transfer, manage and repair your Android device, itcan help you as well.

And when it comes to restoring data from Google Pixel, DroidKit supports 13 types of data (WhatsApp, messages, photos, contacts and so on) restoration and recovery, a more comprehensive solution than the above. Also you can choose to restore data to your computer or phone depending on your needs.

Now, Free try the latest version of DroidKit on your computer (Mac & Windows PC supported).

Part 1. Restore Pixel Phone from Google Backup

Step 1. Go to the Extract Needed Data panel and choose From Google Account.

Step 2. Choose Google Backups and you can view what data types DroidKit can restore. 

Part 2. Restore Pixel Phone from SD Card, SIM Card and Device

1. To restore phone with SD card, please go to the Data Recovery panel and pick Data Recovery from SD Card.

2. If you want to restore data from SIM card, then please go to the Data Extractor panel and pick From SIM Card.

3. At last, you can also recover data from your own device, just go to the Data Recovery panel and pick Quick Recovery from Device or Deep Recovery from Device.

Restore Data via PhoneRescue

PhoneRescue for Android, as a professional data recovery tool, supports to recover data from Pixel phones, google backups, etc. Also, it provides an easy way to recover data from a broken Android phone. The following steps will give you an efficient way to restore data from Pixel phones.

Step 1. Download PhoneRescue for Android on your computer and run it > connect your Pixel phone to the computer.

Step 2. Choose the type of files to scan on your Pixel phone and click the right arrow to continue.

Step 3. Click on the data you want to restore and tap on the restore to computer.

Step 4. Wait for a while, you will get what you want on your computer.

The Bottom Line

With the methods mentioned above, you can restore Pixel from backup easily. And if you have any questions or problems, you can share it with us in the comment part. Well, as DroidKit helps thousands of hundreds of Pixel phone users get back files, you can give it a try to restore your data from Google Backup, phone,  SD card and SIM card.