# Essential Backup

> Backup your important data

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.almdroid.essentialbackup](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.almdroid.essentialbackup)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.almdroid.essentialbackup`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** AlmDroid Apps
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 17,790
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-29
- **First published:** 2023-08-08
- **Publisher country:** BA
- **Size:** 15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almdroid.essentialbackup)
- **Website:** [https://almdroid.com](https://almdroid.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://almdroid.com/policy/essential-backup](https://almdroid.com/policy/essential-backup)

## Description

**Essential Backup** is a reliable Chrome extension designed to help Android users backup and restore their vital phone data with ease. It supports backing up contacts, SMS, call logs, calendar events, and APK files, saving them directly to your phone storage or cloud storage like Google Drive.

With Essential Backup, you can transfer data between phones seamlessly, manage your backups by creating, viewing, deleting, or sharing them, and rest assured your important data remains safe without needing root access. The extension preserves data in readable formats such as VCF for contacts and JSON for SMS, call logs, and calendar events, all organized within a ZIP archive for easy access on any device.

## Rankings

- #454,691 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_CALENDAR`
- `android.permission.READ_CALL_LOG`
- `android.permission.READ_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.READ_SMS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CALL_LOG`
- `android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SMS`
- `com.almdroid.essentialbackup.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.almdroid.essentialbackup)