If You Are Challenged In Controlling The Amount Of Data You Use On The Internet In Windows 11, We Will Teach Here.

If you use phone data or internet volume, the Data usage feature of Windows can be helpful for you. This feature is designed to monitor data usage during a given cycle. It includes an option to configure limits to receive alerts to ensure you don’t exceed your data allowance.

In this Windows 11 guide, we will teach you the steps to start configuring and using the Data usage feature to control Internet usage and prevent additional costs, as well as some useful tools to manage, limit and control Internet usage in a more advanced manner in Windows. We will introduce you.

Viewing the amount of Internet consumption in Windows 11

To see the amount of data consumption of network adapters configured in Windows 11, follow the steps below:

• Open Settings. Click on Network & Internet.
• Click on the Data usage page on the right.

On this page, you can choose the desired network adapter using the settings in the upper right part, For example, Ethernet. You can also see the total data usage for the last 30 days in the upper left corner.

In the Usage statistics section, you can see the consumption statistics of various programs and applications in order of the most significant volume consumed per network adapter.

How to reset data usage in Windows 11

Since Windows starts calculating the amount of Internet usage from the time it is installed, if you want to start calculating the consumed volume at the same time as the Internet plan starts, you must set the current calculated volume to zero.

To reset it, go to the end of the application statistics list from the Data usage page and select the Reset button from the Reset usage stats section. If needed, you can choose the network adapter at the top of the page using the settings on the right.

How to configure internet usage limit in Windows 11

Windows 11 allows you to configure data usage limits to receive alerts when you approach the usage limit for a limited internet plan. After setting this feature, you can check the remaining volume of the consumption limit, establish the first day of the period and its period, or delete the limit.

To configure the Internet usage limit in Windows 11, click the Enter limit button on the Data usage page. If necessary, select the network adapter using the settings on the top right of the screen.

Choose the type of limit: Monthly or time, or Unlimited. In Monthly and One time modes, the following settings will be available:

• Monthly reset date/Days until data expires: By setting the monthly reset date, you specify on which day of the month the internet usage statistics should be automatically reset. If you want this limit to be applied only once during a specific period, set the limit type to One time. In this case, you can specify from this section that the volume limit will remove after a few days.
• Data limit: In this section, you must enter the monthly internet usage limit or the period when the volume limit is temporarily applied.
• Unit: The data limit unit such as megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB) can be set from this section. If you use packages smaller than 1 gigabyte or plan to enter the exact amount of the usage limit, change the unit to megabytes.

After setting the above values, click the Save button. Once you’ve completed these steps, the system will continue to monitor data usage based on input data to issue warnings and limit internet usage as you reach your limit.

After configuring this part, if you go back to the main page of Data Usage, the percentage of use of the allowed volume for Internet consumption and the amount remaining until the end of the book will be visible numerically and in a bar graph.

If you have set a specific limit for using the Internet, another option called Metered connection will appear at the bottom of this diagram. If you turn on the Metered connection feature, some apps and services will stop using the Internet in the background.

 

Windows 11 will no longer download and install updates automatically, and the Microsoft Store will stop updating apps. Additionally, if you use OneDrive, your files will stop syncing until you turn off the metered connection. If your data volume is running out and you need to save internet usage, it is recommended to enable this option.

Remove data limit

Use these steps to remove the data limit configuration in Windows 11:

• Open Settings. Click on Network & Internet.
• Click on the Data usage page on the right.
• If necessary, select the network adapter using the settings on the top right of the screen.
• Click on the Remove limit button.

• Click the Remove button.

After completing these steps, you will no longer receive notifications, but the feature will continue to monitor data usage.

Internet usage management software in Windows

With the help of Internet consumption management tools, you can control the traffic consumption in Windows more advanced. Some of these tools allow you to control the Network with your computer and determine when and under what conditions your programs are allowed to connect and how fast this connection should be.

NetBalancer software

NetBalancer is one of the best Windows tools for controlling Internet traffic and prioritizing Internet restrictions. This program allows you to control the bandwidth on your local computer easily.

After installing this software, you can choose the programs and different Windows services and limit the upload or download speed. When you open this tool for the first time, you can see a list of all available apps and network usage statistics.

Available downloads and uploads are shown in the live graph. When you use the live graph, you can easily see which apps use the most bandwidth and limit them. You can pause the chart any time to take a closer look at the information. If you want to restrict a specific app, you need to double-click on it from the list to change its download and upload priority. You can also block all network traffic with one click.

Everything is encrypted in the Netbalancer system, including website traffic, all internal Traffic, passwords, and communications. All zeros and ones are encrypted and hashed with TLS and SHA2 for maximum security.

Some features of NetBalancer:

• Ability to set download and upload priorities or limits for any process
• Automation support (using various command line commands and web APIs)
• Ability to define detailed traffic rules and filters for maximum control
• The ability to view graphs and detailed network traffic statistics
• The possibility of synchronizing the computer with the Netbalancer service
• Protect all settings and preferences with a password to prevent unauthorized changes
• Display download and upload speed and connection level of all system processes
• Ability to view detailed download and upload history for all methods that have been done since the first installation of Netbalancer
• Display of network traffic and speed of receiving and sending in Taskbar
• IPv6 support

NetLimiter software

NetLimiter allows you to limit the bandwidth of high-consuming applications. When you open the software, all the active programs on your system will display. Which program is faster for downloading and uploading is also shown in the DL and UL columns, through which you can quickly identify which program has a quicker download and uploading speed.

You can then set quotas for high bandwidth consuming applications and define rules to limit bandwidth once the quota is reached. Netlimiter is available in Lite and Pro versions, which are not free but have a seven-day trial period. NetLimiter 4 Pro offers many advanced features, including remote management, user permissions, data transfer statistics, scheduling rules, connection blocking, and more.

Some features of NetLimiter software:

• Complete traffic control (creating download and upload limits for users of a network)
• Real-time traffic monitoring of applications and connections
• The ability to monitor all users’ internet connections and the speed of information transfer
• It has a connection blocker
• The possibility of prioritizing the Traffic of the selected program
• The option of quota consumption for each program (block or limit the program if the quota is reached)
• Long-term data transfer statistics
• Set the maximum transfer speed for each program running on your computer.
• Create custom filters to filter Traffic based on protocol, IP, schedule, etc.
• Display the download/upload data transfer speed for the selected application or connection
• Display various information about the selected contact, application, or filter
• Group traffic statistics by IP address and application

BWMeter software

BWMeter is another powerful bandwidth management, monitor, traffic controller, and firewall tool that can measure and control all incoming and outgoing Traffic on your computer or Network. This tool can analyze data packets, Where they come from, where they go and which port and protocol they use.

With the help of this software, you can distinguish between local and Internet Traffic. It can also control Traffic by setting speed limits for various types of connections or restricting the access of applications to specific websites.

Critical features of BWMeter:

• It has a bandwidth graphic and numerical display
• Has user-definable graphs and filters to measure bandwidth
• Monitor all network interfaces/adapters
• Control and display all network traffic
• It has a filter based on network address, port, program
• Equipped with an interactive firewall
• It has traffic control, access control, and speed limit
• Ability to display daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly usage statistics
• Ability to display statistics of all local Network and Internet traffic
• Ability to communicate malicious internet traffic (hackers, viruses, etc.)
• It has ping support to monitor web servers and internet connections

NetWorx software

NetWorx is free software that has a straightforward user interface. This tool is mainly used to collect bandwidth usage reports and measure internet speed. With its help, it can monitor the amount of data used on a particular computer. This software can display daily, weekly, and monthly consumption data.

NetWorx Features:

• Display usage statistics as graphical or numerical charts
• The possibility of issuing usage reports with different file formats
• Close monitoring of uploads and downloads
• Support for cable modems, ADSL, WiFWiFirds, and…
• The ability to view connections and Internet-consuming apps with the netstat command
• There are options to notify the user or automatically disconnect the Internet when the network activity exceeds a specific limit.
• It has a speedometer to test the speed of the Internet connection
• The ability to monitor the link to check the normal connection status

GlassWire software

If you are looking for a free tool to check the activity of different networks, Glasswire might be the best choice. This program provides an overview of all your internet activities through graphs. It also allows you to identify programs and processes that have increased network activity in the last thirty days and block or limit them. The app also has a built-in firewall that helps monitor your security, privacy, bandwidth, and data usage.

Using the advanced features of this tool, you can get information about what is happening on your PC and Network; the Detection of malware programs and any unusual changes are among these. With the help of this app, you can receive alerts when unknown devices join your Wi-WiFi**

We hope this article has been helpful to you. If you have questions about monitoring and managing Internet usage in Windows 11 or have encountered problems, share them with users and us. Do you also use Internet usage management tools, or is it enough to use the Data usage feature?