How to set a data usage limit on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Struggling with data caps or slow internet speeds, whether you're on a metered mobile plan or just want more control, knowing how to set a data usage limit in Windows can make a big difference. In this video, we'll go through the settings that help reduce data use and improve performance. Before we begin, be sure to subscribe to Ninja One's IT Video Hub and our YouTube channel. For more tech content like this. Setting data usage limits for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Whether you're tethering from a mobile hotspot or just wanna control bandwidth usage, windows has built in tools that allow you to set data usage limits. In this chapter, we go through several ways to set data usage limits for Windows 10 and 11. The first method is to set your connection as a metered connection. This tells Windows to limit background activity, like updates or cloud syncing. To do this right, click the start button, then choose settings. Go to network and internet. Click properties next to your active connection. Toggle metered connection to on another method is to set a hard data usage limit or cap. This is especially useful if you're using a mobile connection and wanna avoid surprise fees. To do this, go to network and internet settings. Again, click data usage. Then select the connection for which you wanna set the data limit from the dropdown menu. Next, to enter data limit, click enter limit to specify your data usage limit. Aside from metered connections and data caps, there are more ways to conserve data limits. These include managing background applications, temporarily pausing windows updates, disabling Microsoft store updates, disabling setting sync, pausing, OneDrive. You can read the full blog to learn how to do each method On Windows 10 and 11 monitoring data usage. You can monitor your bandwidth consumption to see how much data you're using to monitor your consumption. Follow these steps, open settings, and go to network and internet. Click data usage. Scroll through the app list to see how much data each app has used. At the bottom of the app list, you can click the reset usage stats button to clear data usage history. For more information, check out our official blog post on how to set a data usage limit on Windows 10 and Windows 11 linked in the description below.