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
    2020-05-29T21:22:58+00:00

    As I said before, been there, done that and I'm sure you've seen the screenshot showing it still running in Task Manager - not all the time, it just appears every now and then. I've never configured it or tried to use it so there is absolutely no good reason for it to still be on the machine - but it is!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-05-29T21:41:18+00:00

    After I ran the command, I unpaired my phone and removed it from bluetooth devices.  I haven't seen it since.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-05-29T22:30:09+00:00

    Hey Paul, as I said, it worked for me. After I ran the command, the program disappeared from the Start Menu, is not among the running processes in task manager and also is not using my GPU anymore (it was hogging some of my GPU previously). In short, I can't find its trace anywhere on my system. 

    Have you tried to run the command I shared (the one with *Microsoft.YourPhone*)? Some of the solutions which I came across did not have the *

    Worth a shot in case you haven't tried it. 

    Let me know how it goes.

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