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
    2020-04-30T08:49:06+00:00

    It seems quite a few of us have given up on Your Phone as it refuses to connect to an Android phone and won't tell us why. I gave up after getting the same message as Rick got.  Maybe I'll try again in a few weeks.

    I tried on another computer - same result, so I'll be uninstalling Your Phone from that computer, too.  As aforesaid, I am disappointed as it used to work fine and was very useful.  It would have been so useful for Your Phone to report why it couldn't connect

    • I went round all the troubleshooting steps supplied, but still had no joy.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-29T23:28:05+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!

    Worked for me thanks. Whatever I tried the app wouldn't sync with android phone app and was unable to uninstall using add/remove apps.

    I did the command like you stated, but i get the following error message when I try to

    us on my pc:

    We're almost done

    you've successfully signed-in on your phone. Hang tight while we

    finish one last thing to get your devices linked

    resend notification

    i resend the notification, but same error message.

    Thanks

    Rick

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-29T19:22:34+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!

    Worked for me thanks. Whatever I tried the app wouldn't sync with android phone app and was unable to uninstall using add/remove apps.

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