How To Check Network Usage In Windows 10
There are two ways to natively check the network usage in Windows 10, but we strongly prefer one method over the other. None the less we’ll highlight both methods and explain why one offers a clear benefit.
The first method is a holdover from the Task Manager update in Windows 8. To view network usage via the Task Manager access the Task Manager via keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) or type “task manager” in the Start Menu search box.
In the Task Manager select the “App history” tab. There you’ll find two columns related to data consumption: “Network” and “Metered network”. (Metered network was a feature introduced in Windows 8.1 to help manage data use on capped/paid data connections.
While it’s great this information is right at hand in the Task Manager, you’ll notice something in our screenshot above. All the visible apps are either core Windows apps are Windows Store apps. Maddeningly, the Task Manager still does not display data usage for regular old traditional Windows applications.
In fact if we sort the apps in the Task Manager by name and then compare the list to the other place you can check network usage, in the network settings menu, you’ll see that Chrome appears on the “Network Usage” list and not the list in Task Manager. Why they couldn’t use the same data they clearly have in both panels is a mystery.
As such if you want to get a better picture of the data use on your computer you rely on the information in the network settings section. Navigate to Settings -> Network & Internet. Select the top item on the left hand navigation pane “Data usage”.
Here you’ll see a general overview of the last 30 days. The circular graph will show you data used over different connections (in the case of our screenshot we’ve just used Ethernet but on a laptop you’ve used on both wired and Wi-Fi networks you’ll see a mix of sources).
You can dig deeper and get a more granular overview by clicking on the small link under the the graph labeled “Usage details”.
Here we find the missing data on apps from outside the Windows Store (which is most of the apps most people are using). Chrome, missing from the Task Manager list altogether, shows up right at the top as expected.
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