SamMobile's Samsung Health week is almost at an end. If you followed our news feed over the past few days, you should be up to date with our deep dive into the Samsung Health app. But in case you're just joining us, we've decided to start a new series where we take an in-depth look at a Samsung app or One UI feature for five consecutive days every week.
This week was all about Samsung Health. We dove into the app's primary functions, the community aspects, the built-in guides for fitness and practicing mindfulness, and the Samsung Health Monitor component.
As we approach the weekend, the last thing we want to tackle is everything you need to know about backing up and restoring your valuable Samsung Health data. You'll need this when you factory reset or replace your Galaxy phone.
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Back up and restore your Samsung Health data
As a Samsung Health user, your personal data is very valuable, as it is the one thing that helps you keep track of your progress. The Health app records your daily activities, and your fitness and health information database is constantly growing.
With that in mind, you should avoid losing your fitness and health history upon resetting or replacing your Galaxy device. Thankfully, Samsung made it easy for us to back up and restore data.
To make sure you don't lose your Samsung Health data when resetting or replacing your Galaxy device, you need to sync that information with your Samsung account. Open the Samsung Health app, tap the three-dot button in the upper-right corner, access “Settings,” and ensure you've added your Samsung account.
With that part done, make sure that the “Sync with Samsung account” toggle is turned ON. You can tap next to the toggle to access more options, such as turning “Sync only on Wi-Fi” ON or OFF and using the “Sync now” function.
As long as you are signed in with your Samsung account and have synced your Samsung Health data, you can reset or replace your Galaxy device worry-free. Once you've set up your newly reset / new phone, you can link your Samsung account with Samsung Health again and sync your account data with the app.
Download or erase personal Samsung Health data (for offline safekeeping)
There's another way to manage your Health data stored on Samsung's servers. Aside from syncing your data with your Samsung account, you can also download your Health data on your device in a batch of spreadsheets and JSON files.
To download all your Health data from the Samsung servers, open the Health app, access the Settings screen, scroll down to and tap “Download personal data,” and then tap the “Download” button. Once done, you can use the Samsung My Files app to browse and access your files.
You can also erase your Samsung Health data from the servers and your device by selecting the “Erase personal data” option in the app's Settings menu and confirming by tapping “Erase” two times. Keep in mind that if you perform this action, you will erase health data from both Samsung's servers and your Galaxy device.
NOTE: The Health data you can download from Samsung's servers using this method isn't meant to be used for restoring information within the mobile app. The purpose of this feature is to help you keep an offline record of your fitness and health data outside the Samsung Health mobile app.
As such, you can't use these downloaded spreadsheets and JSON files to restore personal information back to Samsung Health. If you want to be able to restore your Health data, you need to sync it with your Samsung account using the method we explained in the previous section of this article.
This concludes our Samsung Health week. Make sure you join us again next Monday as we start picking apart and overviewing another Samsung app. Which one will it be next? Stay tuned to find out.
