How to Restrict & Monitor Mobile Data Usage on Windows 8.1
 

Windows 8.1 allows you to limit and monitor data usage, which isn’t only useful if you have a Windows tablet or laptop with mobile data. It’s also useful if you’re tethering your PC to your smartphone.

These tricks are useful, but bear in mind that simply setting a connection as a metered connection won’t reduce bandwidth usage by much. it also won’t affect desktop applications.

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