How do I stop from using the internet too much?

For me, I removed a lot of social media from my phone. It's helped me tremendously. I don't check Facebook or Twitter as often anymore. Just having the willpower to remove them from easy access is a great start.

You can set limits on your electronic devices so that you are restricted to only using the internet a certain amount every day.

Well, I think this depends on what you are doing on the internet. For example, if you are using the internet for research purposes or helping others like we do here on 7 Cups of Tea, I don't feel like the amount of internet usage makes a difference. Now, if you feel like you are spending too much time on social media or the like, you can always try to set up a meeting or lunch date with friends, maybe join a class or club! The first steps is figuring out what else you could do instead of spending that time on the internet! :) So, what do you enjoy doing?

stop paying your internet bill. :P More seriously though, try developing some hobbies that don't involve the internet if you believe you use it too much, find other ways to keep yourself busy.

go out of the house more often. and if you are going somewhere with your family, leave your phone at home. then you will be able to focus on your surrounding more than you focus on the internet.

Something that helps me is powering off my laptop or phone. That way, I have to think "do I really need to use the internet right now?" before taking the time to wait for it to restart!

DO other things that you enjoy! Like read a book, ride your bike, go running, shopping, cleaning. ANYTHING. It would also help if you got out of the house more. When we are cooped up in the house it can be easy to get bored and just surf the internet for hours. ;)

Well... What worked for me was, I switched off every electrical device within my reach, regardless of whether it had any connection to internet or not, I just switched it off. Then slowly, the temptation ebbed away and I could start switching the ones without internet on, then finally, ones with internet. Give it a try!

Its about knowing your Push and Pulls. Figure out what keeps you glued to the conputer and then find similar satisfaction somewhere else. Or dive into a new regime and let the excitement of it pull you into a new activity. Sometimes even realising the harms of being online too much is enough to make one stop.

Now days, everything in our life is connected to the internet, so believe it or not, we have to use internet everywhere, hence, using the internet too much is most likely correlated with the kind of activity we do, so simply, you need to avoid any activities that require using internet and start focusing on filling out your time during the day with activities that do not require using computers/phones i.e. sports, playing music, drawing, reading books, face to face chatting, etc.

Just simply turn your phone off. if that isn't enough, give it to a trusted family member or friend. When you truly want it back, just ask for it.

Plan out somethings which can keep you away from the internet. Hangout with friends and family. Watch television, or maybe read books related to the topic you like. Go out for walks and listen to music or spend some time pampering yourself. Doesn't matter if you are a male/female; everybody deserves to be pampered.

You can use distractions, or make a timetable for yourself. When you don't need to use the internet do something like reading, exercise or going out with friends. To make a timetable give yourself however many minutes/hours you want to be on the internet and plan the rest of the day with the things you want to do. For example you wake up at 9 and you spend half an hour on the internet. You would like to use the internet for 2 hours a day. You then go off to do whatever, for example football. You then make lunch and go on the internet for another 30 minutes. After that 3o minutes you do something else you like, for example write in your diary. Then you do another half an hour of internet, cook and eat dinner. Spend your last half an hour on the internet and then go to bed. Or you could spend 2 hours straight on the internet, but that could be tricky if you want to use the internet at another point.

Try to balance out your time by putting other things in your schedule that will take you away from the temptation. Go for a walk, arrange a meet-up with friends, or even put your device away and focus on work or other extracurricular activities, such as reading or writing, instead.

I personally use timers and find those very helpful. I would suggest trying that to avoid over use of the internet.

Keep all access to the internet out of sight because if it's out of sight it's out of mind! You don't want to use it so just keep it away!

Try to balance your daily activities with various hobbies and interests like going to the park, movies, sports and spending time with family and friends.

i think u can use some apps which specifically made for this purpose , such as NET BLOCKER

The little boy I am nannying had the same problem, so I set daily goals for him, (he's 7) such as getting dressed, making the bed, good day at school, and finishing his homework. For each of these goals he got 5 minutes of Internet time. You can do the same, with different goals such as put laundry away, do dishes, and do homework. Good luck!

Give yourself some regular breaks and set some times for how long you can be on the internet at a time - perhaps invest in a hobby like sport, reading or art.

Go outside, arrange to hang out with friends. Get out of the house and do something fun! You can do it!!

The most important thing here is to gain control over oneself which is obviously the toughest part. Believe me, I'VE BEEN THERE AND STILL GO THROUGH THIS AT TIMES. Try meditation which would help you gain control over your mind. You may also use this app called cold turkey which is of great help to block those sites which you find are addictive. My 2 cents!

There are great apps now for android and apple that allow you to set a timer on your phone, and it will block you out for that amount of time. Many people have come to love ir. Hope this helps, and hope you check it out!

You need to put some limits on yourself or develop rules or restrictions for access to your devices.

every so often just turn all your devices off and have a device free day see where it leads you.....

avoid the internet containing things.then you can be less distracted because you less tempt to use them

I have to go to work all the time because it pays my bills like a cool guy. Speaking of cool guys I'm awesome

The Internet hooks you in by its range of services, which is not necessarily a bad thing. If you want to try to lay low on Internet usage, try going out more on activities you wouldn't bring your phone and at home, try start slowly like taking that extra 15 minutes off before going to bed and gradually get more and more minutes off

You could set a timer and try to limit yourself to only a certain amount of internet use a day.

We get used to novelty seeking so much that we find random browsing on the internet so much addictive. Meditation is decreasing novelty is the first step to control our addictions. We should try to observe the triggers and cravings and should try consciously let them pass away. If there is no dire need to access the internet, we should try to keep away from it. We unintentionally end up wasting a lot of time keeping our brains engaged in random browsing. We need to consciously make efforts to stop that. Also, most likely we got trapped into other addictions as well like sugar, shopping, games etc. If not internet, an addictive mind looks for something else to satisfy gain that shot of dopamine. So, try to slowly eliminate all kinds of addiction and meditation can be a good way to practice the same.