How do I find out what is using my data?

[Gareth21]

My phone keeps using all it's data at the moment it's going through 25GB a week, but I don;t know what on.

Is there a way of checking to see whats using it all?

Thanks 

Gareth

[Enlli]

What make and model? But both Android and iPhones allow you to look at data consumption by app 

[MI5]

@Gareth21 

To be using that much data, something must be streaming or downloading constantly.

Start by closing all open apps and have wifii turned on and connected where possible.

To check data usage on an Android device, you can do the following: 

1. Open the Settings app
2. Tap Network & internet
3. Tap Internet
4. Tap the Settings icon next to your carrier's name
5. Your total data usage will be displayed at the top of the screen
6. To see how much data each app uses, tap App data usage
7. To select a time period, tap the down arrow

How to check your iPhone's data usage 

1. Open Settings
2. Select Cellular or Mobile Data
3. Scroll down to see which apps are using data

[Gareth21]

Hey, thanks for the quick response. It seems its Duolingo 

Not too sure how to do about that.

[MI5]

Have you tried closing the app after each use rather than just swiping it off the screen @Gareth21 ?

[Gareth21]

So to check whats using the data, on an iPhone you can reset the Data usage Staatistics, then keep an eye it each day to see whats happening. I had WiFi assist on, which uses mobile data when the wifi is poor, so thinking I was under wifi in my house I was actually on 5g. Thanks for the help guys!

[MI5]

@Gareth21 

Yes, a good idea to check daily whilst trying to track down any issues.