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Is SHAREit draining
Is SHAREit draining
your battery?
Somewhat — it's a moderate background drainer. Here's what 3 anonymous Battery Snitch devices reveal about SHAREit.
C
53/100
Drain Score
Grade C — moderate background drain
Blends typical (median) and worst-case (p90) background runtime.
23h 6m
<1%
3
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FAQ
SHAREit & your battery
Does SHAREit drain your battery?
Somewhat — it's a moderate background drainer. Across 3 anonymous reports, SHAREit runs in the background for a median of 4 min per day, earning a moderate Drain Score of 53/100 (grade C).
How much battery does SHAREit use in the background?
Typically it runs for about 4 min a day in the background — that's <1% of an entire day. On the heaviest devices it kept running for up to 23h 6m (90th percentile).
How can I stop SHAREit from draining my battery?
Restrict its background activity in Settings → Apps → SHAREit → Battery → "Restricted", revoke unused permissions, and disable background data if you don't need live updates. Battery Snitch finds the exact apps draining your phone and shows you what to change.
Where does this SHAREit battery data come from?
It's crowdsourced from 3 real, anonymous Android devices running Battery Snitch. We rank by the median so a single outlier device can't skew the result — the more reports an app has, the more reliable its grade.
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