Windows Phone: Minimize data consumption - how it works

You can easily minimize data consumption on your Windows Phone with our five tips.

Minimize data consumption with Windows Phone - 5 tips

Below you will find tips on how to keep data consumption on the Windows smartphone as low as possible:

1. Use WiFi at home and at work (where available) so that you don't consume the data volume.
2. With "Data Optimization" you can limit the data traffic when surfing the Internet. There you will also find a list of apps with data consumption. Under "Browser data restrictions" you can select the option "Standard", "High" or "Automatic".
3. Apps that run in the background consume not only electricity, but also data. To prevent this, open the "Power saving mode"> "Use" in the settings. Deactivate the option "Allow app to run in background".
4. You can also completely deactivate the data traffic. Change in the settings to "Cellular + SIM" and deactivate the "Data connection" here. Please note that you will then not have an internet connection via mobile data.
5. Emails are usually synchronized automatically. To prevent this, open the email account and the settings. Select the "synchronization settings" here. Then change the "Manual" option under "Download new content".