{"id":1132,"date":"2025-07-08T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/check-bandwidth-usage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:06","slug":"check-bandwidth-usage","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/check-bandwidth-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Bandwidth Usage in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-bandwidth-main.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-bandwidth-main.png\" alt=\"Bandwidth screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Open Bandwidth<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Metrics &gt; Bandwidth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the summary graphs at the top of the page.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Scroll down to see usage by service and domain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>View Monthly Bandwidth<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>Bandwidth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the monthly graph or monthly totals.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Check the current month first.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Compare it with previous months if you need to spot a change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Check Bandwidth by Service<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>Bandwidth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the usage for services such as web, email, FTP, and other account activity.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Look for the service using the most bandwidth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Check Bandwidth by Domain<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Open <strong>Bandwidth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Find the domain breakdown.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Check which domain is using the most bandwidth.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Bandwidth figures can include website traffic, email, FTP, and other account services.<\/li>\n<li>Bandwidth reports may take time to update.<\/li>\n<li>A sudden increase can be caused by visitors, bots, downloads, email activity, or backups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Bandwidth Go to Metrics &gt; Bandwidth. Review the summary graphs at the top of the page. Scroll down to see usage by service&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[20],"class_list":["post-1132","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-metrics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1282,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1132\/revisions\/1282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}