Protect Against Harmful Apps - Motorola moto g8 POWER LITE User Manual

Use apps : Get, delete, manage apps
1. Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > App info.
Apps installed by others show the message Not installed for this user.
2. Touch the app name.
3.
Touch > Uninstall for all users.
Back up to Google
You can automatically back up the following items to your
• Apps and app data
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Call history
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Contacts
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Phone settings (including Wi-Fi passwords and permissions)
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Photos and videos (synced to
•
SMS text messages (if using
Tip: Back up over Wi-Fi
Not all apps back up data automatically. Check with the app developer.
To automatically back up to Google Drive:
1. Go to Settings > System.
2. Touch Backup.
3.
Check that Back up to Google Drive is on
4. If you have multiple Google accounts, touch Account to select an account.
5. Follow the onscreen instructions.
To back up other files that aren't automatically backed up, like attachments or downloads:
1.
Open the Drive app.
2.
Touch .
3. Touch Upload, then choose the files or folder to upload.

Protect against harmful apps

Scan phone for harmful apps
Play Protect helps keep your phone secure by automatically scanning your apps, including sideloaded apps,
to check for potentially harmful apps (malware).
If Play Protect finds a potentially harmful app, it stops the app from running and warns you so that you can
uninstall it.
To see the results or to rescan:
your Google Photos
Messages)
to prevent cellular data charges.
Google account:
library, not to Google Drive)
. If needed, turn it on.
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