Depending on your job or the tasks you do with your mobile, you may have applications that you do not want to connect to Wi-Fi. Today I am going to explain to you how to limit an app connected to wifi on your Xiaomi mobile.
Why restrict an app's data usage?
You may have several reasons to limit an app's access to the Internet, whether via Wi-Fi or data connection. If you don't know in which cases you should prevent an app connected to Wi-Fi, keep reading.
Because the app consumes a lot of data or a lot of memory.
If you find one app that consumes a lot of data and your internet feels slow, you probably need to restrict an app's data usage.
And on the other hand, if in the case in which you have an app that consumes a lot of memory when connecting to Wi-Fi and does not allow you to comfortably use your Xiaomi, you should also limit Wi-Fi access.
Due to distrust of a potentially malicious app
If you think you have one malicious app on your mobile device The first thing you should do, at a minimum, is limit access to the internet. You will need to restrict access to both mobile data and Wi-Fi so that this app cannot remain online.
Likewise, if you think you have a malicious app you should run an antivirus (such as AVG Antivirus) as a security measure or delete all traces of the application.
Why are there minors who can use this app?
If you have minors in your care and they have access to a mobile device It is advisable to limit network access to certain social networks or other applications. Consider reading the following article if you have little ones at home old enough to handle cell phones.
As you can see, depending on the use you give to your mobile, you will have to limit the applications. Keep reading to find out.
How to prevent an app from connecting to Wi-Fi step by step
This is a very simple process to do but can be very cumbersome to do if you have many applications that you want to limit. In this case, we are going to look for an application on our device. We will see the app connected to Wi-Fi and we will limit its connection.
In this case we are going to limit the use of the "Chollometro" application (but it could be any app). Come on, I'll explain it to you step by step, you'll see how easy it is.
- We will enter the «Settings menu«.
- The second thing is to go down until we see the applications option. Give to "Applications«.
- Now hit «Manage applications«.
- You will see the Manage applications menu, you have to search list the app you want to limit.
- Once you have the app you want to limit in front of you, touch on it.
- You will see an option that says “Restrict the use of data«. Hit it there.
- Click on the option «Wi-Fi» to deselect it and tap «OK«.
Yes during last step You see that you have several options to press, it is probably because your mobile is DualSIM and you have two data cards plugged in. Likewise, if you want you can block access to any connection, not just Wi-Fi. Limit applications to convenience.
And that's it, it's as simple as that. You already know how to see an app connected to Wi-Fi with this guide. Now, as I said, this process can be a little more tedious if we are dealing with dozens of applications.
If you are limiting your apps from connecting to Wi-Fi because you assume you have more than one malicious application on your device, consider restart your Xiaomi mobile, in this link you can see how to do it if you need it.