You have certainly noticed that it is possible to monitor the mobile data usage of your Samsung Galaxy S8. This is a new feature of Android that is quite practical because we do not always realize how we use our internet package. And, although the plans are now relatively large, it is not unusual to consume all of them before the end of the month. That said, you may not want people to have the ability to access your data usage.
We will precisely today show you how to delete the data usage history on your Samsung Galaxy S8? To do this, first of all, we will show you how to use this feature, then, how to delete the history of mobile data usage first from the settings of your Samsung Galaxy S8, and, finally, from a specific application.
How to use mobile data usage history on Samsung Galaxy S8?
As we told you quickly in the introduction, there is a way to monitor your mobile data usage on your Samsung Galaxy S8. This feature is particularly useful to assist you in target the most energy-intensive applications , in addition, you will also be able to identify the distribution of data in foreground and background .
This is a good way to see if you overdo it with a particular application, but we don't realize it, however social networks very often consume the most mobile data on our Samsung Galaxy S8s. In fact, videos load automatically in the best available quality, and if you have good network coverage, you will necessarily load them in maximum quality. This can very quickly represent several Gigas Bytes of internet data consumed.
To use it, the technique is particularly simple, follow the few instructions below to access it:
- Open the "Settings" of your Samsung Galaxy S8
- Then go to the menu "Connection"
- Click on the "Data usage" tab
- In this menu, you can examine the volume of data consumed over a period (generally the current month)
- If you ever want to know the breakdown of your data application by application, click on "Use of mobile data"
- As a result, you will have access to the list of your apps that consume mobile data, from the most consuming to the least.
- Finally, to track the amount of mobile data usage of the applications of your Samsung Galaxy S8 in the foreground and in the background, click on the application that interests you to have access to detail
How to clear the history of data usage on Samsung Galaxy S8?
We now move on to the part that most certainly interests you, the technique to clear the history of voting data usage Samsung Galaxy S8? This scheme is not very intuitive, it will be necessary to be cunning to perform it, but rest assured, it is largely achievable, even without being an expert in new technologies.
How to delete data usage history through settings of your Samsung Galaxy S8?
We will first show you the process for people who do not want or do not have enough mobile data available to retrieve an application dedicated to this feature. As you will have understood, recent versions of Android support the management of the internet data use of your Samsung Galaxy S8 very well, despite everything, there is no button to immediately delete this content, we presents here the trick we found to reset them:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy S8
- Click on the "Connections" menu
- Finally, go to the sub-menu "Use of data"
- You will now have to edit the start date of data recording to do this click on "Billing cycle"
- To finish in "Start billing cycle" enter the current date, you will in fact delete the entire data history of your Samsung Galaxy S8
How to clear the internet data usage history of Samsung Galaxy S8 using an app?
Second option, if ever your version of Android is too old and does not support this feature, don't worry, you can also do it using a specific application. After experimenting with several apps, we recommend that you use My Data Manager for clear the history of the mobile data usage of your Samsung Galaxy S8. Application much more complete and intuitive than the native version of Android. Discover the process below:
- Download and install the app My Data Manager on your Samsung Galaxy S8
- Open the app
- Click on the three small horizontal bars at the top of the screen
- Go to the "Settings" of the application
- Click on "Delete data history"
If you ever have internet connection problems on your Samsung Galaxy S8 while you still have a package, do not hesitate to consult our small file on this subject.
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S8.
