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Some smartphone applications run in the background all the time and use the internet. In addition to draining the battery, this application also consumes your quota.
Disabling data usage in background apps will save your data and increase smartphone battery life.
In this article, we will share a step-by-step guide on how to prevent Android apps from running in the background.
- Open the Settings app or Settings on your smartphone
- Select Apps or apps
- Next, tap on the ‘See all apps’ option.
- Now you will see a list of all the apps installed on your Android smartphone.
- Open the app for which you want to disable background data usage. Next, tap on the Data Usage option.
- Then disable the background data option
Done. This will stop the app from sending or receiving data in the background. You need to apply the same process for each app you want to block internet access from and prevent it from running in the background.
Some smartphones may have a slightly different menu display. But broadly speaking the possibility is exactly the same.
