How to enable / disable Badge on taskbar for new messages in Your Phone on Windows 10

After linking your Android phone to your Windows 10 PC, you can use the Your Phone app on your PC to view and send text messages from your Android phone on your PC.

About Your Phone app on Windows 10

You will only be able to delete messages on your Android phone. Deleted items will appear on your phone and in the Your Phone app on your PC. You cannot delete messages directly on the PC.

To minimize network bandwidth and maximize performance, Your Phone app only displays text messages that you have received or sent within the past 30 days.

Your Phone app supports messages sent via SMS (Short Message Service). It also supports MMS group messaging (Multimedia Messaging Service), but does not yet support attached media files (like photos or videos).

Your Phone app does not support messages sent through RCS (Rich Communication Services).

If the Your Phone app detects that you're using Cortana to view text messages on your PC, it will give you the option to view them in the Your Phone app. Please open the Your Phone application on your computer to perform the setup process. In Windows 10, the Cortana setting is called Get phone notifications on this PC .

If you open the Your Phone app or pin it to the taskbar, you'll see a sign displayed on the Your Phone icon in the taskbar, whenever you receive new unread messages on your Android phone.

This guide will show you how to enable or disable the display of the badge on the taskbar of Your Phone app in Windows 10, when you have a new unread Android phone message.

Note: If you turn off the Show badges on taskbar buttons setting , the indication will not show up on Your Phone app, even if you turn on Badge on taskbar in the app settings according to the instructions below.

Icon for new messages

How to enable / disable Badge on taskbar for new messages in Your Phone on Windows 10

Here's how:

1. Open the Your Phone application .

2. Click the Settings icon (gear shape).

3. In Messages , turn on (default) or turn off Badge on taskbar , depending on what you want to do.

How to enable / disable Badge on taskbar for new messages in Your Phone on Windows 10 Picture 2

In Messages, turn on (default) or turn off Badge on taskbar, depending on what you want to do

4. You can now close the Your Phone application if desired.

Marvin Fry

Update 06 May 2020

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