Setting data limits is a useful feature to help control mobile data usage and avoid exceeding your data plan. Here are the steps to set data limits on your phone, which may vary slightly depending on the phone model and operating system you are using.
Set data limits on your Android phone:
1.Open"Settings"Apps: Found on the home screen"Settings"icon and click Open"Settings"Application.
2.Enter"Network and Internet"Settings: In"Settings"Apps, scroll down and find it"Network and Internet"option and click to enter the option.
3.Enter"Data usage"Settings: In"Network and Internet"Settings, find it"Data usage"or a similar option and click into that option.
4.Set data usage period: In"Data usage"Settings screen, you can see the mobile data charts and details that have been used. Traffic limits can be set on this interface. Some Android devices offer it directly"Set usage limits"option, you can click on it to set the limit. If the device doesn't have this option, then proceed to the next step.
5.Set warnings and limits: If you can't set usage limits directly, you can set warnings and limits to control data usage.
Found"Apps & Notifications"or a similar option and click enter.
Found"Application information management"and click Enter.
Find the app you want to set a data limit for and click to go to the app's details page.
In the app details page, you should be able to find it"Mobile data and Wi-Fi"Set options. Click to enter the option.
In"Mobile data and Wi-Fi"In the Settings option, you should be able to set warnings and limits on data usage.
6.Set periodicity: On some devices, you can set a data usage period to have your phone automatically reset usage statistics so that you can better track your data usage.
7.Activate data limits and warnings: Make sure that the switch or option is turned on after setting up data limits and warnings.
Set data limits on iPhone:
1.Open"Settings"Apps: Found on the home screen"Settings"icon and click Open"Settings"Application.
2.Enter"Cellular networks"Settings: In"Settings"application, find"Cellular networks"option and click Enter.
3.View data usage: In"Cellular networks"settings, you will see"Data for the current period"or a similar option, which will show you the amount of mobile data that has been used along with the reset period.
4.Set Data Warnings and Limits: Found"The app uses mobile data"or a similar option and click enter. In that option, you will be able to set mobile data warnings and limits.
Can be opened"Cellular data"switch to restrict the use of mobile data by all apps, or you can set the limits for each app in turn.
You can set usage warnings to be alerted when your mobile data usage is approaching a set point.
5.Set periodicity: On some devices, you can set a data usage period to have your phone automatically reset usage statistics so that you can better track your data usage.