How To Clean Data Usage
RECOMMENDED:Unlike its predecessors, Windows 10 counts the network data consumed by Windows operating system, Store and other apps.One can navigate to Settings Network & the Internet Data usage to overview the data usage for the past 30 days.The best thing is that Windows 10 separately calculates data usage when you are on Wi-Fi and when connected to Ethernet so that you can get a good idea of the data usage for both Wi-Fi and Ethernet. In short, you can view how much data is consumed by system and apps when you were on Wi-Fi and when you were connected to the Ethernet. This feature particularly useful for users who have limited data plans. If you click the Usage details link on the same page, you can view data used by all individual apps.The data usage overview page displays the data usage for the past 30 days, but there is no option to reset or clear the data usage. This means you cannot view the data usage for the current month if you want to.Many users who are on limited data plans prefer to reset or clear the data usage figures on the first day of the month, but there is no option as such yet.Luckily, you can reset tor clear he network data usage by deleting a couple of files used to store data usage. Reset or clear the data usage stats in Windows 10Refer to the given below directions to reset or clear the network data usage in Windows 10.Step 1: We cannot reset or clear network data usage in the normal mode.
How To Clear Data Usage On Windows 10
To do so, we need to boot into the safe mode. To, type msconfig in Start/taskbar search field and then press Enter key. This will open System Configuration dialog.Step 2: Switch to the Boot tab.Step 3: Under Boot options section, select Safe mode and make sure that the Minimal option is selected. Click Apply button. Click OK button.IMPORTANT: If you have installed Windows 10 in dual boot with Windows 10 or previous Windows versions, please select your current Windows version/edition that you have boot into under the Boot tab before checking Safe mode option.Step 4: When you see the following dialog, click Restart button to restart your Windows 10 PC in safe mode.Step 5: When you are in the safe mode, navigate to the following directory:C:WindowsSystem32sruIn the above path, “C” is where Windows 10 is installed.Step 6: Select all files in the sru folder, and then delete them.
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Limit your data usage in Android Settings. Setting a limit to your monthly data usage is the easiest thing you can do to avoid using surpass amounts of data without your knowledge. You can limit your mobile data usage on Android via the Settings app. Head over to the Settings and tap on Data UsageBilling CycleData limit and billing cycle.
How To Clean Data Usage Windows 10
This will reset and clear data usage figures.Step 7: Type Msconfig in the Start/taskbar search field. Press Enter key to open System Configuration dialog. Here, under the Boot tab, uncheck the previously selected Safe boot option. Click Apply button. When you see the confirmation dialog, click Restart button to restart your PC and boot into the normal mode.Step 8:. Navigate to Network & Internet Data usage. The data usage counter should now show refreshed figures.’Hope Microsoft adds an official reset button in the data usage page of Settings.
1:59Stopping from killing your data plan isn't the only way for owners to reduce their data usage. Here are seven phone-wide settings that can help keep you under your monthly data allotment. Restrict iTunes and App Store downloadsYou can prevent iTunes and the App Store from downloading music, movies, apps and so on when you are away from a Wi-Fi signal. To do so, go to Settings iTunes & App Store and toggle off Use Cellular Data.Tap this to prevent iTunes from using your cellular data for automatic downloads.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET2. Disable background app refreshapps can update in the background, grabbing new content as they sit idle so they can show you the latest news when you return to them. Go to Settings General Background App Refresh in order to turn this setting off completely. You can also go the a la carte route from the list below and choose which apps update in the background.Pick and choose the apps that may use data in the background of your phone, or turn them all off.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET3.
See which apps are using the most dataCurious to know which apps are consuming the most data? Go to Settings Cellular and you can see how much data you've used in the current billing period and below that you'll see a list of your apps. Under each app's name is the amount of data it has used for the current billing period. You can toggle off any app that you think is eating more than its fair share.See which app is using the most data here.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET4. Disable Wi-Fi AssistWi-Fi Assist is a great feature where your iPhone hands off a weak Wi-Fi signal to your cellular network to prevent pages from loading slowly (or not at all) as it clings to the last remnants of a Wi-Fi signal. If you sit on the edge of a Wi-Fi network at work, say, then your cellular network may be assisting more than you'd like and running up data charges.To disable Wi-Fi Assist, go to Settings Cellular and scroll all the way to the bottom to turn off Wi-Fi Assist.Wi-Fi Assist may be eating more cellular data than you would like.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET5.
Download music, don't streamStreaming music or podcasts for long stretches when you are away from Wi-Fi can quickly add to your data usage. Most music and podcast apps (like Spotify and ) let you restrict streaming to Wi-Fi only, which will then force you into the habit of downloading playlists or podcasts before playing them instead of streaming them over cellular data. Let's look at Apple Music and Apple's Podcasts apps as examples.For Apple Music, go to Settings Music. In the Streaming & Downloads section, you'll see two settings if the first is enabled. The first, Use Cellular Data, lets you disable streaming via a cellular connection entirely. If that's too drastic a measure for you, then you can leave that setting enabled and turn off High Quality on Cellular to stream songs at a lower bitrate when you aren't on Wi-Fi.You can control how the Apple Music app uses data here.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNETFor the Podcasts app, go to Settings Podcasts and turn off Cellular Data.
You can also enable Only Download on Wi-Fi to prevent podcast downloads from adding to your data usage. Fetch mail less frequentlyCheck to see how frequently your email account is set to fetch new mail - the less frequently it fetches, the less data (and battery) you'll use. Go to Settings Mail Accounts Fetch New Data. First, make sure Push is turned off if you want to save data and don't need new emails pushed to you constantly. Next, see what the schedule is for Fetch at the bottom of the screen. If you choose Manually, then the Mail app will check for new email only when you open the app.Changing your Fetch schedule could save data, as well as your phone's battery life.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNET7. Use Safari's Reading ListYou can queue up articles while you're using Wi-Fi to read later when you're on a cellular connection or out of range completely.
When you add a page to Safari's Reading List, Safari downloads it for offline viewing. To add an article to the Reading List, tap the Share button at the center of the bottom navigation bar and then tap Add to Reading List. If you use iCloud, then it will share your Reading List with your other iOS devices, but you can stop it from sharing via a cellular connection by going to Settings Safari and scrolling down to the bottom and toggling off Use Cellular Data for the Reading List feature.Reading List is a handy way to read articles while you are offline, but it could use cellular data to share the list to other devices.Screenshot by Matt Elliott/CNETChrome recently added the same feature but it requires an extra tap. To add something to Chrome's reading list, tap the triple-dot button in the top right, tap the share button and then tap Read Later.Editors' note: This story was originally published on April 29, 2016 and has since been updated with more tips.