End-of-Life announcement for Norton Privacy Manager
Norton Privacy Manager has been discontinued and support for Norton Privacy Manager will end on April 30, 2021. The following FAQ may answer your queries related to this announcement.
Why is NortonLifeLock retiring Norton Privacy Manager?
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We strive to provide industry-leading and relevant security to help protect your devices and the information on them. From time to time, we assess our offerings and features to ensure value to our consumers and partners.
As a result, we have decided to retire Norton Privacy Manager and support will end on April 30, 2021.
Is there a replacement for Norton Privacy Manager?
What happens to my Norton Privacy Manager app after April 30, 2021?
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You will no longer receive support or product updates.
By April 30,2021, please notify your contact, who have your Sudo* virtual profile contact information and provide them with an alternative telephone and email address to ensure that you continue to receive email, texts, phone calls and voice messaging.
How to backup my data in the Norton Privacy Manager app?
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Because Norton Privacy Manager encrypts your data, we do not offer a way to download your text messages, emails, voice messages, logins and notes. If you want to backup this information, you can do it manually.
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: You can copy and paste the information and store it directly to your device.
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: You cannot backup or save your voice messages.
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: You can manually forward the selected text messages to a phone number of your choice by using copy/paste.
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: You can manually forward the emails that you want to save by using the forward option in 'Email' on Norton Privacy Manager.
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: You can directly add the selected contacts to your device contacts.
For detailed steps, select one of the following:
Backup your text message
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the Messaging tab.
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Select the message that you want to save.
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Long-press the message until you see the options to Edit, Delete or Copy text.
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Tap .
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In the new text message window, long-press in the message text box until the Paste option appears.
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Tap to paste the copied text.
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In the To field, enter the phone number to forward this message to, and tap the send arrow next to your message to send it.
Back up your emails
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the email you want to forward, and then tap the arrow icon in the top-right corner.
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On the bottom you will see the option to 'Reply' or 'Forward'
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Tap on the 'Forward' Option and a new message window will appear with the email you selected.
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Enter the email you would like to forward this to in the 'To' field and tap the send arrow on the top right to send your message.
Backup your contacts
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the side menu, and tap .
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Select the contact list from the drop-down that you want to save the contacts from.
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From the list of contacts, select the contact you want to save to your device.
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Tap at the bottom of the contact details page.
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Tap to confirm.
Backup your text message
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the Messaging tab.
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Select the message you want to save.
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Long-press the message until a pop-up window appears with options, and then tap .
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In a new text message window, long-press in the message text box until the Paste option appears.
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Tap to paste the copied text.
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In the To field, enter the phone number you want to forward this message to, and then tap the send arrow next to your message.
Back up your emails
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the email you want to forward, and then tap the arrow icon in the top-right corner.
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At the bottom of the window, tap .
A new message window appears with the email that you selected
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In the To field, type the email address that you want to forward this email to, and then tap in the top-right corner.
Backup your contacts
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Launch the Norton Privacy Manager app.
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Open the side menu and tap .
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From the contact lists, select the list from the drop-down menu that you want to save the contacts from.
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From the list of contacts, select the contact that you want to save to your device.
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Tap at the bottom of the page.
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Tap to save the contact to your device.
*Sudo is a registered trademark of Anonyome Labs.
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Operating System: iOS, android
Last modified: 12/23/2020