This may not be new information, but it’s not well-known information: Google will automatically schedule to delete backups of your Android device if the device is inactive for more than two months.
As pointed out by Android Police (which was alerted to this PSA by a Reddit user), Google allows for backups of your Android mobile device to Drive, but these backups will only be retained “as long as you use your device.” If the device is unused for two weeks, Google Drive will then display an expiration date below the backup, showing a countdown of how much longer you have until it gets automatically wiped. (Presumably, if you use an Android device during this time, that expiration date would go away.) After two months of inactivity, it will...
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https://www.theverge.com/tech/2017/9/14/16307340/google-automatically-delete-android-backups-two-months-inactivity
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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/09/google-will-automatically-delete.html
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