Windows 10: Reducing Windows 10 data usage

I understand that there is an option to set a connection as a metered connection. There is also an option in Settings/Data Usage to "Limit what store apps and Windows features can do in the background" by selecting "Always". What is the difference? Which is most effective? Or should I do both?

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Data usage

Hello Selfina,

You can view all the Windows Updates that has been installed on your computer through the
Update history. To check, please follow these steps:

• Open Settings.
• Select Update & Security.
• Open Update history.

To help you reduce your data usage, please make sure that your WiFi network connection is set as metered.
A metered connection is an Internet connection that has a data limit associated with it. For more information, you may check this article:
Metered connections in Windows 10.

Note: Metered connection will let you decide when to install Windows Updates to control your data usage.

Should you need further assistance, feel free to get back to us.

 

Data usage on Windows 10

THE ANSWER YOU HAVE ALL BEEN WANTING

Windows 10 includes a feature to let you view the network data usage of the PC from the last 30 days. The data usage is itemized per type of network (ex: Wi-Fi or Ethernet), and by app usage.

Kindly follow the below steps to reset network data usage back to "ZERO ZERO ZERO ZERO" as needed in Windows 10.

Note: You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to reset network data usage.

• Temporarily disable your active network adapter(s), or start Windows into safe mode.
• Open File Explorer, browse to the C:\Windows\System32\sru folder, and open it.
• Delete all contents inside the sru folder.
• Enable your active network adapter(s) again, or start Windows back into normal mode.

This will reset all COUNTERS, I suggest copy pasting the directions into a wordpad doc or the like and keep for whenever you wish to reset manually.

Only counters I used in Windows 7, were the right click properties of my network device. Disconnection of the device deleted all of that sessions counter data, and CC Cleaner was used to clean all cache files from windows etc.

 

Data usage

Thank you. I have opened update history and it says "no updates have been installed yet". So not sure what's causing the unusual data usage.