Uninstall Your Phone Companion App

Anonymous
2018-10-11T12:55:03+00:00

Hi,

Regrettably, I am less than underwhelmed by the new Phone Companion App that came with the latest Windows 10 update.

Having said that, how do I uninstall Microsoft Phone Companion?  When I try from the Apps menu, I have to go to Advanced Options, which brings to Your Phone Companion App; I try clicking on the TERMINATE button, but nothing happens -- and apparently, the App is running in the background so I can't uninstall

Would appreciate some advise on this one as well

Thank you very much

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Connect Phone and PC

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DaveM121 932.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2018-11-07T19:50:01+00:00

Hi Rsnic

Right click your Start Button, choose Powershell (admin)

Paste this command into Powershell and hit Enter

Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage

When that command completes, close Powershell

That's It!

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SD - IA 179.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2018-10-11T13:01:26+00:00

You cannot uninstall it. That is a system app.

Just stop it working in the background and forget.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-06-27T03:43:47+00:00

    Hi everyone, there is no way to uninstall 'Your Phone' app on your Windows 10. You can confirm it by typing 'Your Phone' in the search box next to the start button. Once the app appear, put your cursor on the app and right-click and select 'App settings'. You will see options like 'Terminate', 'Repair', 'Reset' and 'Uninstall'. You will realize that 'Uninstall' is grayed out and you are unable to click it. By clicking either 'Terminate', 'Repair' or 'Reset' does not remove the app.

    If you are annoyed because you have linked your phone to the 'My Phone' app and would like to get rid of it, the only way is to login into your Windows Account and un-linked your phone from your account. After that, you will realize 'Your Phone' has been reset.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-06-24T14:54:36+00:00

    Getting Your Phone Companion off the phone is no problem.  Hold down on the app and you get the option to uninstall.  It vanishes in seconds.  You can't readily uninstall it from the PC.  This PowerShell command does it, though.

    I am using a Note10. I loved the ability to jump on to my pc and continue what I was doing on my phone. I haven't been able to get this to work since I bought a new pc. I can send a tab or anything else from my pc to my phone, I can text from my pc, see all my photos from my phone on my pc, etc. I was definitely linked. I couldn't for the life of me get the continue on pc to work. If I look at my quick menu on my phone, my pc is listed (link to windows). All I get is the "get linked" page and the spinning circle trying to find my (obviously already linked pc). Samsung flow works so they were obviously connected.

    Anyway, at this point, I've just uninstalled the yourphone app from the pc (again). I can't seem to uninstall from the Note10 though. Holding down on either the yourphone companion app only offers a link to "app information" where the is also no option to remove. I'm trying to completely remove so I can attempt to reinstall fresh and hopefully get this working. I miss the convenience.

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