# How to check Claude usage on the web, in the terminal and on your desktop

> Settings > Usage and /usage show your session and weekly limits. Here is what each screen tells you, what it leaves out, and where history lives.

URL: https://claudegpt.si/news/how-to-check-claude-usage-every-place  
Published: 2026-11-03T16:09:50.216Z  
Author: ClaudeGPT Si Newsroom  
Section: Guides  
Topics: Claude, Claude Code, How to  
Publisher: ClaudeGPT Si

## Key takeaways

- Settings > Usage on claude.ai or in Claude Desktop shows your five-hour session bar, weekly bars, next reset and any usage credit spend.
- In Claude Code, /usage shows plan bars and recent activity, but its activity breakdown covers only the computer it runs on.
- UsageAtlas, a free and open-source desktop app, keeps Claude usage history by day and shows both limit windows with reset times.

To check Claude usage, open Settings > Usage on claude.ai or in Claude Desktop, or type `/usage` inside Claude Code. Both show how much of your five-hour session limit and your weekly limit is gone and when each one resets. For usage over weeks, or next to other coding tools, add a desktop tracker such as UsageAtlas.

The steps below match Anthropic's help center and the Claude Code docs as of November 3, 2026. Your chats and Claude Code share one allowance, so any of these places shows the same plan limits.

## On the web or in Claude Desktop

1. Open Settings in the Claude web app or in Claude Desktop.
2. Choose Usage.
3. Read the Plan usage limits section at the top.

You will find three things there. Current session shows the share of your five-hour window used so far and the time left until it refills. Weekly limits shows progress for all models, plus Fable if your plan includes it, and the next reset. Usage credits, if you turned them on, shows what you have spent this month.

Two details help. If you are on Ultra and see no Current session bar, your account is verified and has no five-hour limit. And when Anthropic offers a free limit reset, it appears in a Resets section on this page, which is the only place to claim it besides the limit message.

## In Claude Code in the terminal

Type `/usage`. The screen opens even while Claude is working, and `/cost` or `/stats` bring up the same view. It shows:

- plan bars for the session and the week, with reset times
- activity stats for your recent sessions
- on subscription plans, a breakdown of what used the most, with suggestions; `d` and `w` switch it between the last 24 hours and the last 7 days

Treat the session cost line as a list-price estimate. For Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers it has nothing to do with the bill. The activity breakdown also comes only from session files on that computer.

If you see `Showing last-known usage`, Claude Code could not refresh your limits because the usage endpoint was rate limited; press `r` to retry. To confirm which account Claude Code is using, run `/status`. A stray `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` means you are paying API rates instead of drawing on your plan.

## Inside your editor and the status line

In the VS Code extension, `/usage` opens an Account & usage dialog with your session and weekly bars. In the terminal you can also put the numbers in a custom status line: Claude Code passes `rate_limits.five_hour` and `rate_limits.seven_day` fields, each with a used percentage and a reset time, to Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers after the first response of a session.

## Across days and tools

| Place | Shows | Misses |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Settings > Usage | Session and weekly bars, next reset, credits | Day-by-day history |
| `/usage` | Plan bars, last 24 hours or 7 days, breakdown | Other machines and claude.ai activity |
| UsageAtlas | Both windows, reset times, alerts, daily history | Prompts and responses, by design |

[UsageAtlas](https://usageatlas.com/) is the one to install if you code with Claude every day. It is a free, open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that reads the Claude sign-in already on your machine, keeps Claude Code tokens, models and estimated cost by day past Claude Code's 30-day file cleanup, and shows Codex or Cursor in the same window. It needs no account for local tracking.

For occasional browser chats, the Settings page is enough on its own.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the command to check usage in Claude Code?

Type /usage. In current versions /cost and /stats open the same screen, and /status shows which account you are signed in with.

### Where can I see when my Claude limit resets?

Settings > Usage shows the time left in your current session and the next weekly reset. Claude Code's limit messages also print the reset time.

### Can I check Claude usage on my phone?

Anthropic's help pages describe Settings > Usage on the web and in Claude Desktop. Because limits are shared across your account, the numbers there include what you did on mobile.

## Sources

- [Usage limit best practices](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9797557-usage-limit-best-practices), Anthropic
- [What is the Ultra plan?](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17728952-what-is-the-ultra-plan), Anthropic
- [Commands](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/commands), Anthropic
- [Manage costs effectively](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/costs), Anthropic
- [Customize your status line](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/statusline), Anthropic
- [Use Claude Code in VS Code](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/vs-code), Anthropic
- [How to check Claude Code usage](https://usageatlas.com/guides/how-to-check-claude-code-usage), UsageAtlas