The graph and the numbers

DU Meter shows your network traffic in two parts: a graph of the last few minutes, and the numbers, the download and upload speeds of the moment. The numbers sit at the bottom of the graph, or stand on their own: on the taskbar, or anywhere on your screen.

The graph window

Download is red and upload green. Graph changes how the graph looks.

  • Drag the graph to move the window, and drag its edge to resize it.
  • Double-click the graph to show the numbers alone, and double-click the numbers to bring the graph back.
  • The close button closes the graph. Numbers you dragged out of it stay on screen. The DU Meter pop-up menu or the tray icon brings the graph back.
  • Right-click anywhere on it for the DU Meter pop-up menu.

The tabs

Point at the graph window and its tabs appear: Internet, LAN and Apps. Click one to switch. Apps lists the programs using the network right now.

The numbers on their own

Drag the numbers out of the graph and let them go:

  • On the taskbar, they stay where you let them go, and step aside when the taskbar's buttons need the room (Numbers).
  • Anywhere else, they float on your screen. Always on top and Click-through window apply to them as they do to the graph.

To put them back, drag them over the graph and let go, or choose Put the numbers in the graph from their menu.

Pointing at the numbers shows the usage card: today's and this month's usage and, out of the graph window, the programs using the network. While a video or a game fills the screen, the numbers on its taskbar step aside, and come back when it closes.

What the menu shows

Graph and numbers, Graph only, Numbers only and Hidden, in the DU Meter pop-up menu, decide what is on screen. With Graph and numbers, the numbers stand where you last left them: in the graph, or on their own.

The tray icon

Pointing at DU Meter's icon in the system tray shows the speeds. A click on it shows or hides DU Meter, or brings the graph to the front when other windows cover it. Right-click it for the DU Meter pop-up menu.

The taskbar band of Windows 10

On Windows 10, DU Meter can also show inside the taskbar as a band, with its own display mode and tab in its menu. Turn it on with the button in General options. Windows 11 has no taskbar bands: put the numbers on the taskbar instead.

Common issues