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# Manage Your Data Usage

You can view and monitor the amount of data used by your Fire phone.

Note: Your Fire phone monitors data usage on your phone only. It won't monitor data usage for other devices on your wireless account. To monitor your overall account data usage, contact your current service provider.

To monitor the amount of cellular data that your phone uses:

1. Swivel your phone or swipe down from the top of the screen to open the Quick Actions panel, and then tap Settings > Wi-Fi & Networks > See your cellular data usage.
2. Select an option:
   - Total Data Usage: View your overall data usage for the current billing cycle you've selected.
   - Manage Data Limit: Set up a limit for your monthly data usage. You can allow your device to turn off your data connection when it hits the limit, receive an alert when you reach your data limit, or limit file downloads.
   - Mobile Background Data: Allow the device to transfer data in the background over a mobile network. If you turn off this setting, some apps won't work until you connect to a Wi-Fi network.
   - Data Usage by App: View the overall data usage by individual apps installed on your phone. To restrict data usage for an app, tap the app, and then select Restrict background data.

Note: While restricting background data usage helps maintain your monthly data usage, it may affect the app's overall performance or prevent it from working properly.

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