How to Stop, Restrict and limit Windows 10 and 11 from exhausting your data

If you rely on your laptop computer for your business the fact is that you may be suffering high data consumption. Your data finishes quickly with no explanation especially when you upgrade to windows 10. This is happening to you because you have not found out what is built into windows 10.

Windows 10 is very good but it can be annoying when your data finishes quickly. Sometimes you may end up not even realizing any profit after checking the amount you spend on data each day.

Do not worry. By the end of this post you will enjoy your laptop and enjoy the work you do with little data subscription. I suffered this before but had to do a serious research on how to stop and limit the rate of data consumption on my laptop.

Windows 10 have an option of “Data usages” settings which will help you to monitor your network consumption and avoid going over your data plan when using a limited internet connection. Windows introduced so many features like a built-in network traffic monitor for your system. This guide will show you all the possibilities and you can limit windows 10 from consuming and exhausting your data. Go ahead and follow the recommended settings below.

1. Set Data Limit

Step 1: Open Window Settings
Step 2: Click on Network & Internet.
Step 3: Click on Data Usage
Step 4: Select the wireless or wired network adapter from the “Show settings” menu as per your requirement.
Step 5: Set the limit on the data usages by clicking the Set Limit button under “Data limit”.
Step 6: Select the limit type from Monthly, One time, and Unlimited. Then set the data limit and click on Save.

2. Turn off Background Data usages

To restrict background data usages follow below. steps

Step 1: Open Window Settings
Step 2: Click on Network & Internet.
Step 3: Click on Data Usage.
Step 4: Under the Background data section you can set a limit on data usages by the Windows and store app features as shown below.

3. Restrict Background Applications from Using Data

You can specifically restrict selected applications from using data in the background. To do so follow the below steps:

Step 1: Open Window Settings
Step 2: Click on Privacy.
Step 3: Click on App Permissions
Step 4: Select the apps you want not to run in the background from the “Background apps” section as shown below:

4. Disable Settings Synchronization

You can disable the synchronization of your machine with the cloud. To do so follow the below steps:

Step 1: Open Window Settings
Step 2: Click on Accounts.
Step 3: Click on Sync your settings.
Step 4: Select off under “sync settings” as shown below:

5. Turn Off Microsoft Store Update

You can turn off the Microsoft Store Update by following the below steps: t

Step 1: Open Microsoft Store.
Step 2: Click on Accounts.
Step 3: Set off the button under “App updates” as shown below:
Step 4: Select off under “sync settings” as shown below:

6. Pause Windows Updates

This also consumes a large amount of data. To turn off Windows automatic update follow the below steps:

Step 1: Open Window Settings.
Step 2: Click on Update & security.
Step 3: Click on Windows update.
Step 4: Click on Advance options.
Step 5: In the “Update options” select the button under“Pause updates” and set the duration for which the updates will be paused as shown below: