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How to Check Airtel Data Balance? (2020)

Bharti Airtel Limited is one of India’s most prominent telecommunication networks, also popularly known as Airtel.

Airtel is the first preferred choice of most young Indians because of its youth-centric and dynamic communication. 

It operates in several countries worldwide, including the Channel Islands. In India, Airtel customers can conveniently make an online recharge for its postpaid, prepaid, DTH, and broadband plans on the go.

Using the Airtel USSD code, they can check their Talktime validity, Talktime loan, get information about data usage, and contact customer care for such inquiries.

Keeping track of the data balance avoids exceeding monthly billing plans and assures transparency. 

You can access your Airtel data usage either by using the USSD code or via downloading the Airtel apps that allow such functionalities. If you’re tracking your data usage using a home connection, visit the Airtel website and log in to find all the necessary information.

Airtel data balance can be checked by using 4 basic ways. The following is a detailed explanation of these methods:

How to Check Data Balance in Airtel

Checking Data Balance in Airtel via MyAirtel Mobile App:

First, download the ‘MyAirtel Mobile App’ from the Google Play Store or App store by using this link

To download the ‘MyAirtel Mobile App’ from the App store and check data balance or airtel call details
 on Android smartphones, follows these steps:

  1. 1
    Open the App store and search for ‘My Airtel App’.
  2. 2
    Download the app, signup and then login with your Airtel mobile number.
  3. 3
    Once the login is complete, you can check data offers, data plans, the validity of data, and data usage in the dashboard of your app.
MyAirtel Mobile App

To download MyAirtel Mobile App from the Google Play Store and check data balance on iPhones follows these steps:

  1. 1
    Open the App store and search for ‘My Airtel App’.
  2. 2
    Download the app, signup and then login with your Airtel mobile number.
  3. 3
    Once the login is complete, you can check data offers, data plans, the validity of data, and data usage in the dashboard of your app.
  4. 4
    For checking your 3G/4G data usages, you can visit the Airtel online self-care services.
  5. 5
    To find out the data balance from your iPhone, use the Airtel code.

How to Check Airtel 4G Data Balance | USSD Code and Airtel App

Checking Data Balance in Airtel via Airtel Self-Care Service:

This way of checking data balance is almost similar to the MyAirtel App.

The link for the Airtel self-care help is https://www.airtel.in/s/selfcare/.

Follow these steps for checking your data balance using the Airtel self-care service:

Airtel Self-Care Service
  1. 1
    Open the link and log in by entering your mobile number. An OTP (one-time-password) will be sent to your number; use the OTP to log in.
  2. 2
    Once the login is complete, you can check your Airtel mobile data balance and the principal balance on the self-care service dashboard.

Checking Data Balance in Airtel via USSD Code:

The easiest and quickest way of checking Airtel data balance is using the Airtel credit verification code or USSD code. The following is the process of checking internet data balance via the USSD Code:

  1. 1
    To check the balance and validity of your Airtel Mobile number, dial *123#.
  2. 2
    To check Airtel 3G/4G net balance, dial *121# and then enter ‘5’. The code ‘5’ is to inform you of your data balance and validity.
  3. 3
    To check maximum daily use and the amount of total usage, dial *121#, enter option’ 5,’ and then enter ‘1’.
Airtel USSD Code

By using the following codes, an Airtel user can access the GPRS balance in details:

  • Dial *121* 51#, select ‘4’ and then ‘1’ to check 2G Internet balance in Airtel
  • Dial *121* 51#, select ‘4’ and then ‘1’ to check 3G Internet balance in Airtel
  • Dial *121* 51#, select ‘10’ and then ‘1’ to check 4G Internet balance in Airtel
  • For checking your Airtel Mobile number, dial *121*1# or*121*2# or *121*9#
  • For checking Airtel primary balance, dial *121*2#

For Airtel Prepaid Mobile users, dial the following codes to check your monthly usage:

Usage - Code

  • Checking Account Balance - *123#
  • For 4G Data Balance checking - *123*19# or *123*191#
  • For 3G Data Balance checking - *123*197# or*129*08# (New Code)
  • For 2G Data Balance checking - *123*10# or *123*21#
  • To check SMS Balance - *123*7#
  • To know the Airtel Mobile number - *282# or *121*9#
  • Balance - *121*2#
  • Offer - *121*1#
  • Recharge - *121*3#
  • Stop a service - *121*5#
  • Start a service - *121*4#
  • To check the last 5 transactions - *121*7#

For Airtel Postpaid Mobile users, dial the following codes to check your monthly usage: 

(Usage - Code)

  • To Check the 3G/2G balance - SMS DATA USE to121
  • To check Outstanding Amount - SMS OT to 121
  • To check Unbilled Amount - SMS UNB to 121
  • Bill Summary - SMS BILL to 121
  • Last 3 Payment details - SMS PAY to 121
  • To know Recent Bill - SMS BP to 121

Checking Data Balance in Airtel via Airtel Website:

You can also check your Airtel mobile data balance via Airtel Website.

Go to your web browser, open this link https://www.airtel.in/ and follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. 1
    To login to your account, click on a logoed icon in the extreme right corner of the screen. Add your mobile number or service ID, followed by your password.
Airtel Website
  1. 2
    If you haven’t registered yet, click on the ‘Register’ icon at the top of the page. Fill up all your personal information and create a new password.
  2. 3
    If you’ve forgotten your given Airtel password, click on ‘Forgot my Password’ and then follow all the on-screen instructions to reset it.
  3. 4
    Once you’ve successfully logged in and accessed your page, click on the ‘Account Information’ tab, which is located below your home page.
  4. 5
    To check your unpaid details, click on your Airtel DSL number
  5. 6
    Once you click on ‘View unpaid amount,’ you will see the current month usage.

This concludes our guide to checking data balance in Airtel; we hope it helped you! 

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