HOW TO MONITOR AND STOP AUTOMATIC DATA USAGE IN WINDOWS 10

 The data usage in windows 10 has become a issue to every one the windows uses a large amount of data without our permission or it may be caused due to some other which run in the background so lets see how you can stop automatic data usage in windows 10

TURN ON WI-FI METERED CONNECTION 

When you connect your computer with wi-fi you will get a option called Properties click on it or you can go to settings and click on Network and Internet select it and go to wi-fi you will get the option there also when you open it you will get an option called set as metered connection it will be disabled on default on it 

TURN OFF BACKGROUND APPLICATIONS

There are several apps that consume data in the background which are consuming data without your knowledge to turn off them follow the steps go to settings and click on Privacy when you scroll down you will get an option called Background apps 

turn off the apps which you don't use and don't want them to run in the background 

TURN OFF WINDOWS AUTO-UPDATE

Windows auto update updates the your OS without your permission but in the latest update you get a option to pause the update for 7 days to use this go to settings and click on update and security and you will see option to pause the update for a week or 7 days

click on it and your updates will be paused for 7 days 

TURN OFF PC SYNC

To turn off the pc sync go to settings and click on accounts and then go to Sync your settings turn off the Sync settings like this 

TURN OFF LIVE TILES 

To disable this click on windows key there you can see these are the live tiles to turn off them

right click on any of the tiles click on more and click on Turn live tiles off and one by one you need to disable all the tiles or the tiles which you don't want to consume data 

TURN OFF AUTO-UPDATES APPS 

The apps which you download consume data by auto update without your permission you to turn off it to this follow the steps go to your App store click on the 3 dots and click on settings you need to turn off these 3 options App updates, Live Tile, Video autoplay

So these were some simple settings which were causing huge data lose hope this was helpful to you if you want to check the data usage by different apps you can go to settings and go to  update and security and click on network and internet and click on data usage you can see the realtime data usage by different apps 

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