Windows 10: Can't make my mobile wifi a "metered" connection

As shown in the diagram below, The button is not clickable. I need help

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Set Wireless Network as Metered or Non-Metered in Windows 10  

I found that after selecting wifi it shows a list of available connections and under need to select advanced settings and the metered selection is located their. and is not as the above tutorial.

 

Removing Metered Connection Settings with Mobile Broadband

Hello,

You may follow the below steps if you are using a Wi-Fi connection from any mobile data device:

• Go to Start menu > Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Advanced options.
• Under Metered connection, you can toggle Set as metered connection to Off.

I hope this helps you. If you have any further queries, feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you.



Thank you.

 

Set/unset mobile connections as metered

Background info

In a similar question on answers.microsoft.com the OP sees the "Metered connection" switch in the mobile connection options, but it is disabled. A Microsoft representative says:

Given the current interface, "resolution" has consisted in removing the switch. But IMHO the confusion increases, since now we are unable to change the connection cost status, plus the UI is totally clueless about it.

As regard the netsh command mentioned in my answer, strange as it may seem (in the same thread) a Microsoft wiki author discourages its usage, since:

The suggested way for affecting the connection cost of the mobile connection consists in modifying values in the registry.

Solution(s)

First, identify the registry key:

1. If you just want to know which is the status of your connection:<br>
   check the value names 3G and 4G of DefaultMediaCost: if they are set to 1 the related mobile connections will be unmetered; a value of 2 sets the related connections to "metered". Expect to find a 1 as a value.
   
2. If you want to change the values named above:<br>
   note that the key DefaultMediaCostis set by drivers and therefore the owner is the "TrustedInstaller" account. To be able to modify it, you need to right click on DefaultMediaCost, choose permissions and set yourself as the Owner through the dialog "Advanced" properties. Set the replace-subcontainers checkbox before applying the changes. Once you Owner, set also Full Control checkbox.
   
3. If you need to switch values often:<br>
   set them to metered, right click on DefaultMediaCost and export them as a reg file. Set them to unmetered and export again. Double click on the metered/unmetered reg file as needed.
   

Note that modifications are per connection type and not per single connection.<br>
Unfortunately the changes in DefaultMediaCost require reboot, which makes inconvenient a scheduling of the peak/non-peak hour DefaultMediaCost`.

As regard data limits, based on the following Microsoft Guidelines, I infer that, under a variable or approaching data cap, the policy is to download only high priority Windows updates, but "allow users to explicitly [...] download lower priority updates".