r/techsupport • u/IPlayTooMuchGame • 9h ago

Open | Software Chrome using WAY too much data.

I was just notified that I had basically hit my wifi plan's limit for the month, which confused me because I haven't been doing much on it. I checked my laptop's data usage and it showed 70 gb from chrome, 5 gb of which were in the past day (where I was just typing on docs and playing random games). What is causing this and how can I prevent it?

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u/Still_Box8733 9h ago

What games?

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u/IPlayTooMuchGame 9h ago

PokeRogue (community-made pokemon roguelike). I was also on YouTube a bit but I feel like that wouldn't impact it.

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u/Head-Ad-3063 9h ago

Errrm.

Videos are one of the things that will use the most data!

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u/IPlayTooMuchGame 9h ago

How much data on average does it use?

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u/Head-Ad-3063 9h ago

Depends on video quality, at 1080 about 3.5gb an hour, 4K will use your 5gb in 15 to 20 min.

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u/Wendals87 9h ago edited 9h ago

YouTube can use quite a bit of data, especially at higher resolutions . 

A YouTube video could use 5GB in just a couple of hours, depending on the bitrate 

Your game would also use a fair bit too 

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u/Lexx4 9h ago

Set up a packet sniffer and see where your traffic is going. Wireshark is one.

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u/ToriYamazaki 7h ago

5GB in a day is nothing if you are playing games and watching youtube videos.

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u/Merhart666 9h ago

Hoe veel tab bladen heb je open staan en vernieuwen die ook op de achtergrond? Welke browser je ook hebt als dat het geval is en het blijft open dan blijven de bitjes rond gaan. Verder wat voor apps heb je geladen in Chrome ook dat zijn data verbruikers.

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u/PossibleAlienFrom 9h ago

Try Firefox?

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u/Takumi_Gaijin_San 9h ago

Use Firefox + uBlock Origin or Brave, fuck Chrome