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Starting with a new Google account for backup

textbook
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edited 13 February at 4:40AM in Techie Stuff

My current WhatsApp and everything else is backed up onto my Gmail account can I start perhaps on a new phone with a new Gmail account and backup everything from now no old messages etc onto this new account?


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  • victor2
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    textbook said:

    My current WhatsApp and everything else is backed up onto my Gmail account can I start perhaps on a new phone with a new Gmail account and backup everything from now no old messages etc onto this new account?


    Yes you can. I used to have two Google accounts in order to get extra free storage. Eventually paid for extra space on one as it became awkward jumping between the two.

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