How to set a data warning and limit on a Google Pixel (Android 17)

Device

Android

Shown on

Google Pixel 10a, Android 17 (build CP3A.260905.009)

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Network and Internet › SIMs

Real screenshots

7 of 7 steps

What we did

Looked at each screen; changed nothing

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Open your SIM

   Go to Settings, Network and Internet, SIMs, and tap your SIM. The top shows the data used: 16,82 kB of a 2,00 GB warning on ours, with 30 days left.

   Done

2. 

   Tap Data warning and limit

   Further down, tap Data warning and limit.

   Done

3. 

   Set a warning

   Turn on Set data warning and tap Data warning to choose the amount. Ours was 2,00 GB.

   Done

4. 

   Set a limit

   Turn on Set data limit and choose Data limit. It was off on ours. The page notes that your phone's count may differ from your operator's.

   Done

5. 

   See which apps used data

   Back on the SIM page, tap App data usage. The Mobile data usage page opens. Ours showed the 15 Oct-14 Nov cycle, with Android OS and Google Play services.

   Done

6. 

   Open Data Saver

   In Settings, Network and Internet, tap Data Saver. It said Off on ours.

   Done

7. 

   Turn on Data Saver

   Turn on Use Data Saver. It was off on ours; Unrestricted mobile data lists apps allowed to keep using data.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Can't find Data warning and limit? It is on your SIM's own page, not in Network and Internet. Ours had it below App data usage. Source: Reduce and manage mobile data usage
• Menus named differently? Google says steps differ by Android version and phone maker. Source: Reduce and manage mobile data usage

If this does not work

• Cycle starts on the wrong day? Tap Mobile data usage cycle on Data warning and limit. Source: Reduce and manage mobile data usage
• Mobile data turned off by itself? You reached the data limit. Google says you get a notification when that happens. Source: Reduce and manage mobile data usage
• Numbers differ from your carrier's? The screens say operator data accounting may differ from the phone's.

About this guide

Our Pixel had a 2 GB data warning set and no data limit. Data Saver, in Network and Internet, cuts background data.

The screenshots are from our Google Pixel 10a with Android 17, in Dark mode, with a SIM inserted. We only looked at these screens and changed nothing.

Good to know

Mobile data problems: Pixel mobile data not working.

In short: Settings, Network and Internet, SIMs, your SIM, Data warning and limit. App data usage on the same page; Data Saver in Network and Internet.