How to Turn On/ Off Metered Connection in 11 PC

While launching Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft came up with the feature called Metered connection, that actually saves your data plan from unnecessary online activity. This metered connection when turned on, makes sure that the data plan you got from the cellular company does not get over and gives you a prompt whenever you have not so important update release. If the metered connection is off and your data pack gets over before the end of the month, then your broadband connection speed will get throttled and you will not have a stable connection. So in this article, we are going to guide you on how to enable or disable the metered connections for known networks on your system.

 

How to Turn Metered Connection On in Windows 11

Step 1: Press Win + I keys together on your keyboard to open Settings app.

Step 2: Click on Network & Internet on the left side of the settings window.

Step 3: Then, Click Wi-Fi on the right side as shown in the below screenshot.

 

 

Step 4: Select Manage known networks in the Wi-Fi page.

 

 

Step 5: Then, Select any of the known networks on your system listed as shown below.

 

 

Step 6: Click on toggle button that says Metered connection to turn it On as shown below.

 

 

Step 7: Please repeat Step 6 for all the known networks you want.

Step 8: Close the Settings window.

Now the Metered connection is set up for all those networks on your system.

How to Turn Metered Connection Off on Windows 11 PC

Step 1: Press Win + I keys together on your keyboard to open Settings app.

Step 2: Then, go to Network & Internet on the left side of the Settings app window.

Step 3: Click on Wi-Fi on the right side as shown in the below screenshot.

 

 

Step 4: Then, Click on Manage known networks from the options available in Wi-Fi page.

 

 

Step 5: Select any of the known networks on your system as shown below.

 

 

Step 6: Click on the Metered connection toggle button to turn it Off in the network’s properties page as shown.

 

 

Step 7: Repeat the same for all the known networks you want to change the metered connection.

Step 8: Once done, close the settings window.

Now the Metered connection is turned off for all the networks you wanted.

How to Enable Download updates over Metered Connection option in Windows 11

Step 1: Press Win + I keys together on your keyboard to open the settings app.

Step 2: Click on Windows update option on the left side of the window.

Step 3: Then, Select Advanced Options on the right side of the Windows update page as shown below.

 

 

Step 4: Click on Download updates over metered connections toggle button to turn it On as shown in the given screenshot.

 

Step 5: Close the Settings window.

By enabling, this will make sure all the windows updates are downloaded over the metered connections on your system.

That’s all guys.

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