Rick's Daily Tips

Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!

  • Home
  • Rick’s Bio
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Rick’s Tip Jar
  • Get My Tech Tips Newsletter
  • Contact Me
You are here: Home / Tech Questions & Answers / Q&A: How do I back up my paid apps before switching to a new Android phone?

Q&A: How do I back up my paid apps before switching to a new Android phone?

Posted on February 20, 2023

1.9k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe

Question from Tabitha:  I’ve had my current Android phone for four years and I love it, but I finally decided it was time to upgrade to take advantage of newer technology.

I haven’t decided on a new phone yet, but I know it’ll definitely be an Android.

The problem is I have several paid apps that I don’t want to lose when I switch phones.

How do I back up the apps from the old phone so that I can reinstall them on the new one?

By the way, I’ve been reading your blog for a long time and I know I can trust your answer. Thanks for taking the time to help so many of us solve our tech problems!

Rick’s answer:  Thanks so much for your kind words, Tabitha. I appreciate them very much!

In regards to your question, there are some excellent apps available for backing up and restoring the apps on your Android phone. If you’d like to go that route you can simply open the Play Store app and search for the term app backup and you’ll find several to choose from.

Now that being said, you can easily install your paid apps on your new phone directly from the Google Play Store without having to pay for them again.

Simply log in to the Play Store with the new phone using the same Google account login credentials you use with your current phone, then download your apps onto the new phone from there.

Google will recognize that your apps have already been paid for and let you install them onto the new phone with no hassle at all.

And finally, your new Android phone can directly import your old phone’s data (contacts, text messages, etc.) in one easy step. This Google Support page explains how.

I hope this helps, Tabitha. Good luck with your new phone!

 


 

1.9k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe




Popular…

How do I ask you a tech question?


Step-by-step guide to completely ridding your PC of viruses and other malware


10 reasons why I recommend buying tech gear from Amazon


Advertise

Guest Post Guidelines

Want to ask me a tech question?

Handy Tech Resources

Privacy Policy

Computer Tips
Smartphone Tips
Blogging Tips

Tech Q & A
Reviews
Tech News

Write for RicksDailyTips.com

Scam alerts
Downloads

Copyright © 2023 RicksDailyTips.com

Affiliate Disclaimer


Rick's Daily Tips is hosted by InMotion Hosting. Click here to find out why.