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I have Windows 10 Home Single Language. I have a limited data plan (1GB/day) and whenever I turn my mobile hotspot on, my laptop eats away through the data very quickly. I tried all the normal fixes like turning off Onedrive and setting my connection as
Metered but nothing works. Its still the same. But when I check the Data Usage section, I notice in Data usage details that "System" has taken up most of data while others are not consuming a lot. Please if you have a fix, help me out. It be really appreciated!
I tried Resetting Usage stats and checking data consumption for 30 seconds and this is what I found.
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Hi Pey,
I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.
Two things to check if System is eating up data:
Also open MS Store and turn off downloads/updates by default.
