What does iTunes backup when backing up an iPhone?

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2026-03-20 02:10

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iTunes will back up the following information:

iphone OS 1.1 and later

  • Safari bookmarks, cookies, history, and currently open pages
  • Map bookmarks, recent searches, and the current location displayed in Maps
  • Application settings, preferences, and data
  • Address Book and Address Book favorites
  • Calendar accounts
  • Wallpapers
  • Notes
  • Call history
  • Mail accounts
  • YouTube bookmarks
  • SMS messages
  • Saved suggestion corrections (these are saved automatically as you reject suggested corrections)
  • Camera roll (photos and screen shots taken by the iphone)
  • Voicemail token (this is not the Voicemail passWord, but is used for validation when connecting. This is only restored to a phone with the same phone number on the SIM card.)
  • Web clips
  • Network settings (saved wifi spots, VPN settings, network preferences)
  • Paired Bluetooth devices (which can only be used if restored to the same phone that did the backup)
  • Keychain (this includes email account passWords, Wi-Fi passWords, and passWords you enter into websites and some other applications. The keychain can only be restored from backup to the same iphone or iPod touch. If you are restoring to a new device, you will need to fill in these passWords again.)

With iphone 2.0 and later

  • Managed Configurations/Profiles
  • List of External Sync Sources (Mobile Me, Exchange ActiveSync)
  • Microsoft Exchange account configurations
  • Nike + iPod saved workouts and settings
  • App Store Application data (except the Application itself, its tmp and Caches folder).
New with iphone 3.0
  • Videos in camera roll
  • Per app preferences allowing use of location services
  • Offline web application cache/database
  • Voice memos
  • Autofill for web pages
  • Trusted hosts that have certificates that cannot be verified
  • Web sites approved to get the location of the device
  • In-app purchases
New with iphone 3.1
  • Videos in the camera roll that are 2 GB or larger are not backed up.
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