Encryption stores your data in a form that can be read only when your phone or tablet is unlocked. Unlocking your encrypted device decrypts your data. Encryption can add protection in case your device is stolen.
- All Pixel phones are encrypted by default. So are Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 6, and Nexus 9 devices.
- You can choose to encrypt Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 devices.
To get the most protection for your data on an encrypted device, always require your PIN, pattern, or password to unlock your device when it starts. Learn how to set a screen lock.
Understand what data gets encrypted
On an encrypted device, all personal data gets encrypted. This includes things like your email, texts, contacts, Google Account data, app data, photos, media, and downloads. Some non-personal data, like file sizes, aren't encrypted.
Decrypt your data using accessibility features
To help you enter your PIN, pattern, or password to decrypt your Pixel phone at start-up, you can use TalkBack, Switch Access, and other updated accessibility services. Pixel phones can't use Bluetooth-paired accessibility devices until after you decrypt.
On encrypted Nexus phones and tablets, if you choose to require your PIN, pattern, or password at start-up, you'd need to enter it without help from either accessibility services or Bluetooth-paired accessibility devices.
Encrypt Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, or Nexus 10 devices
Unlike all Pixel and recent Nexus devices, Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10 devices aren't encrypted by default. To encrypt a Nexus device that isn't yet encrypted:
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