How to turn off yourphone.exe process on Windows 10

Many  Windows 10 laptop and computer   users probably do not know the process yourphone.exe as well as its use. In this article, I will briefly introduce this process as well as instructions on how to disable if you do not use it.

- What is the process of yourphone.exe on Windows 10?

Yourphone.exe is an application running in the background so you can synchronize Windows 10 with  Android phones  and  iPhones ,  iPad . In simple words, you can use your phone to send SMS messages to your laptop or Windows 10 computer.

1. How to turn off yourphone.exe folder

Press the Start button   in the left corner of the screen or press the Windows button   above the keyboard> Type " background apps "> Press  Enter .

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On the Background apps interface, scroll down and navigate to  Your Phone  > Drag the On button   to the left to turn off.

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2. How to prevent youphone.exe from opening itself when starting Windows 10

Right-click the Taskbar at the bottom of the screen> Select  Task Manager .

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You select  Starup  > Scroll down to find and select  Your Phone  > Click  Disable  to prevent Your Phone from opening automatically when starting Windows 10.

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3. Delete the yourphone.exe folder

Press the Start button   in the left corner of the screen or press the Windows button   above the keyboard> Type " windows powershell "> Press  Enter .

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Enter the following command copy and paste into the Windows PowerShell window.

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.YourPhone -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage in PowerShell

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You press  Enter  > Restart the computer.

Above is information about the process yourphone.exe as well as how to disable it. Thank you for watching and see you in the following articles.

Kareem Winters

Update 26 February 2021