Some apps and services on your iPhone may be data-hungry, leaving you with little or no cellular data at the start of your monthly carrier plan. Either you've given up on Wi-Fi or you're spending more on data plans. Read on to learn how to limit cellular data usage on your iPhone.
Using the tricks below, you can identify which apps and services are consuming a significant portion of your phone's cellular data. iOS also has some nifty options for putting the brakes on data consumption. Let's check them out.
1. Check data consumption
Before we go ahead and show you how to limit cellular data usage on iPhone, you need to know which apps are consuming the majority of data in the first place.
Apple provides a detailed breakdown of your iPhone's mobile data usage. Here's how to check it.
Step 1: Open an app Settings on the iPhone.
Step 2: Go to List Mobile data.
Step 3: Verify Data plan current Yours, and you can take a look at the data each app is consuming so far on your carrier plan.
2. Disable Personal Hotspot
As you can see from the screenshots above, Personal Hotspot was the biggest factor behind cellular data consumption on the iPhone.
At Enable Personal Hotspot All devices saved to your iPhone will automatically connect and consume mobile data. You can either turn off Personal Hotspot or change the password using the steps below.
Step 1: From a list iPhone Settings , Go to Personal point of contact.
Step 2: Disable the switch from the following menu or click Wi-Fi password To change your password.
From now on, none of your saved devices will connect to your iPhone unless they have the new password.
3. Disable mobile data and background app refresh.
iPhone allows users to disable mobile data and background app refresh for all installed apps.
Using the first trick, you already know which apps are taking up a huge portion of your iPhone's mobile data. You can disable mobile data and background app refresh for these apps from the Settings menu.
Step 1: Open Settings On iPhone, scroll down to the menu. Applications.
Step 2: Open an app and disable the toggle. mobile data from the following list.
You can also disable the background app refresh option so that the app doesn't waste mobile data in the background.
Mobile data should not be disabled for essential apps like WhatsApp. Otherwise, you will face Difficulty receiving messages on the platform.
4. Disable iCloud Photos on mobile data
This may be the biggest reason your iPhone is using up all its cellular data. If you enable iCloud Photo Backup over cellular data, the Photos app will continue to upload new photos and media to iCloud.
You have the option to disable iCloud Photos on mobile data. Here's what you need to do.
Step 1: Open iPhone Settings and go to Pictures.
Step 2: Scroll down to Mobile Data.
Step 3: Disable switching mobile data from the following list.
The Photos app will no longer use cellular data to upload media to iCloud.
Alternatively, you can disable mobile data for photos from the menu. Settings > Mobile data.
5. Enable Low Data Mode
Low Data Mode helps reduce mobile data usage. When Low Data Mode is enabled, automatic updates and background tasks, such as photo syncing, are temporarily paused. Here's how to use it.
Step 1: Open Settings On iPhone and go to Mobile Data.
Step 2: Locate data packets Your own.
Step 3: Enable Switch to low data mode And everything is fine.
6. Preload web pages in Google Chrome
iOS now lets you change the default web browser on your iPhone. If you use Google Chrome instead of Safari, you have the option to preload web pages in the browser.
When enabled, Chrome may use less mobile data, and you'll be able to load web pages faster.
Open Google Chrome and go to Settings. Locate bandwidth Preload web pages on Wi-Fi.
7. Download media instead of streaming
If you use streaming apps like Spotify or Amazon Music Or Netflix or Prime Video, you have to download songs and TV shows over Wi-Fi to watch later.
Don't get used to streaming high-quality media over mobile data.
Use the brakes to use cellular data on your iPhone.
Whenever possible, try to use Wi-Fi on your iPhone. Leave cellular data for light tasks like sending iMessages, WhatsApp, or regular web browsing.
