With each feature update, Microsoft brings new apps to Windows 10. Your Phone app is introduced with Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) to help PC users instantly access photos and messages from your Android smartphone right from your PC by just launching the Your Phone app.
While the Your Phone app is impressive, the current version of the Your Phone doesn’t offer much for iPhone users. For iPhone users, it allows you to send webpages from your iPhone to PC to pick up where you left off. You can neither access messages nor photos from your iPhone.
If you are using an iPhone, you might not find the app so useful and want to uninstall it.
Your Phone app cannot be uninstalled via the Settings app, just like most other default apps. You need to use the elevated PowerShell to uninstall it.
In this guide, we will see how to uninstall and reinstall the Your Phone app in Windows 10.
Uninstall Your Phone app from Windows 10
Method 1 of 2
Step 1: Right-click on the Start button on the taskbar and then click Windows PowerShell (admin) to open PowerShell as administrator.
Click Yes button if you see the User Account Control prompt.
Step 2: At the PowerShell window, type the following command to uninstall Your Phone app.
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.YourPhone* -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Method 2 of 2
Step 1: Download CCleaner (free version) for Windows 10 and then install the same.
Step 2: Run CCleaner. Navigate to Tools > Uninstall. Right-click on the Your Phone app entry and then click Uninstall option.
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Step 3: Click the OK button when you see the confirmation prompt.
Reinstall the Your Phone app in Windows 10
Step 1: Follow the directions given above to uninstall Your Phone app.
Step 2: Open the Store app, search for Your Phone and then click on Your Phone entry to open the Your Phone page. If you cannot find the app, visit this link to visit its page.
Step 3: Click on the Get button to download and install the Your Phone app.
Reset Your Phone app in Windows 10
If you are having issues, you can reset Your Phone app before reinstalling it.
Step 1: Open the Settings app. Navigate to Apps > Apps & features.
Step 2: Look for Your Phone app entry and then click on it to reveal the hidden Advanced options link. Click the Advanced options link.
Step 3: Scroll down the page to see the Reset section. Click on the Reset button to reset the app.
Lance Scalfari says
I agree with the Admin …
James .. Your statement is incorrect.
It worked !great! for me!.. and on 1st attempt once I removed the z from AllUszers
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Jeremy.. All I can say is your ‘command’ must somehow be incorrect.
When the typed command is correct, everything except -AllUsers will be in yellow. If not that color then the syntax is somehow wrong.
Like I said worked for me 1st time like a dream. Thanx!!
admin says
James, thanks for your comment. I just checked, the first method (PowerShell) method is working fine here on 20H2.
James Ishlal says
Hy, The Second Method is the only Method that Works.
Jeremy Price says
Powershell doesnt recognize the command
Peg Conroy says
My Your Phone app was working great with my Galaxy S10+ until the most recent Windows 10 update. Now the app on Windows wo’t connect to my phone, won’t repair, and refuses to uninstall. Microsoft should have have made it part of Windows! We should be able to uninstall/reinstall ANY broken or badly behaving app or ditch it altogether.
Tom says
Thank you for this solution to a lousy program. Yours was the only solution that worked.