Manual method
Download the personal data Samsung Health makes available through its in-app export.
- Open Samsung Health → More options → Settings.
- Choose Download personal data, then Download, and grant required file permissions.
- Authenticate to the Samsung account when prompted and wait for completion.
- In My Files → Downloads → Samsung Health, copy the downloaded files into your archive.
Coverage and limitations: Use the download option, not the separate erasure control. Export contents depend on devices and account history. Health-record PDF export is a separate feature and may have different regional/provider availability.
Size and time to allow
Illustrative small / central / large case: 0.01 / 0.5 / 5 GB (decimal GB). These are planning assumptions, not a measured average per person. 500 MB models a multi-year fitness history; detailed measurements and route files make size variable.
Preparation: Samsung’s consulted page gives no fixed download SLA. Budget 5–30 minutes as an estimate and allow longer for large histories or slow connections.
For the central 0.5 GB example, network transfer alone is approximately:
| Connection | Estimated transfer |
|---|---|
| 10 Mbps | 9.5 minutes |
| 50 Mbps | 1.9 minutes |
| 100 Mbps | 57 seconds |
Assumes 70% sustained use of the stated connection. Provider throttling, many small files, retries, local extraction and copying add time. For online backup use your upload speed. These are not estimates of the provider’s preparation queue. See calculation and large-file advice.
Store and verify the archive
The example is small enough for an encrypted USB key, external drive or private cloud folder. Choose a second independent copy as well; a single USB key is easy to lose and a sync folder alone can propagate deletion. For health records, restrict access and avoid shared-family/public-link destinations; keep encryption recovery information separately.
Create samsung_health/YYYY-MM-DD/originals/, preserve the untouched download, and extract a separate working copy when needed. Allow extra free space for archive plus extraction; compressed text can expand far beyond twice its size. Record account/scope, export date, date coverage and missing items in a local README without passwords.
Check date ranges and several exported categories; preserve every file in the Samsung Health export folder, including any schema or metadata files. Reopen a sample from the second copy before deleting or replacing any source. Storage choices and verification.
Sources and review
Public documentation was reviewed on 27 October 2026. No signed-in export or restoration was performed. Account options and availability can change; follow the current provider instructions.