How to Set Daily Limit for Your Mobile Data Usage?

In today’s times, smartphone usage has only grown by leaps and bounds. This means that we are now consuming more mobile data than ever before. Which is good, no worries there. But what happens when you are on a limited mobile data plan and cannot spend more than a specified amount of mobile data per day? In addition, while mobile phone carriers advertise that they provide a lot of data, it is inevitable that you will run out of it, at one point or another. That is why, it is so much better when you know how to set daily data limit on your smartphone.

Knowing how to set daily data limit on phone is something that is quite important. And in case, you didn’t know it before, then now is the time. Read this blog and understand how to set it up, very easily.

How to Set Daily Data Limit in Android?

The good news here is, you don’t really need an Android app to set daily data limit. Instead, all you have to do is this:

1. Open the Settings app on your Android smartphone.
2. Go to the option that says “Network & Internet” and then click on Internet once again. You will see the gear icon next to the name of your telecom carrier. Tap on it.
3. A new screen will open, where you will see the amount of data that has been consumed in your current payment cycle.
4. If you scroll down a little, you’ll see the option that says “Data warning & Limit”.
5. Now, if you tap on mobile data usage cycle, where you will see the complete data.
6. In addition, you can also toggle the “Set Data Warning” option on. This allows you to set up a daily data limit for your phone. When the limit is hit, you will receive a notification on your smartphone about the same.
7. Also, you will be able to see the set data limit on your phone. Once the data limit is set, your data will be completely switched off to avoid any additional usage.

But wait, setting up a daily limit on data usage isn’t the only way out. You can also try out these other methods to help save more on mobile data.

Start Using the Data Saver Mode on your Smartphone

Unless you have a very old smartphone (Android version older than 8.0) then you will also have the Data Saver in-built on your smartphone. The Data Saver feature is also quite helpful when it comes to reducing additional data usage on your phone.

The feature starts working when you turn off Wi-Fi on your phone and start using mobile data. It ensures that the apps and services that are there in the background of your phone do not end up using additional data. Want to know how to enable it? Easy! Follow these steps:

1. Open the Settings app on your smartphone.
2. Go to the Network & Internet page.
3. Now, click on the Data Saver option.
4. Toggle the Use Data Saver button on.
5. Once the feature has been turned on, you will see a reddish overlay on your battery in the notification bar. This denotes that the Data Saver feature has been activated.

Limit the Data Usage on a Specific Set of Apps

While the Data Saver feature is interesting, it can also be a bit irritating for you if it stops affecting the performance of every app that you use. Indeed, some of our apps work much better when they have unrestricted data, and they might just be that useful for you too. So, how do you work around such a scenario? Once again, Android features come to save you. Now, you can limit the data usage on a specific set of apps, very easily. Here is how to do so:

1. Open the Settings app on your mobile.
2. Go to Network & Internet and open Internet.
3. Scroll down a bit and click on Non carrier data usage.
4. Now you will see a list of all the apps and how much data they have been using. You can monitor apps using mobile data on your phone and turn on or off the use of data while the app is in the background!

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