YourPhone.exe is associated with Microsoft‘s older Your Phone app, now called Phone Link. You may also see the package name Microsoft.YourPhone. A Windows update can change the app’s display name or process details, so the old name alone does not mean there is a problem.
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What does the app do?
Phone Link connects a supported phone to Windows for features such as calls, messages, notifications or photos. Availability depends on the phone, permissions and app versions. Microsoft’s requirements and setup guide lists the supported combinations.
| Your goal | Start here |
|---|---|
| Stop it opening at sign-in | Disable its startup entry. |
| Stop syncing a particular phone | Remove that device from the linked-device settings. |
| Stop one feature | Review Phone Link’s feature settings and phone permissions. |
| Investigate a suspicious file | Check its location and publisher, then scan it. |
Stop Phone Link or Your Phone at startup
- Open Settings > Apps > Startup, or open Task Manager’s Startup apps page.
- Find Phone Link or Your Phone and turn off or disable its startup entry.
- If the app has an option to start when you sign in, turn that off too.
- Restart Windows and check whether the app still opens.
Some Windows builds also offer background-app controls under the app’s advanced options. These controls are not present for every app. Ending a task stops the current process; it does not necessarily change the next startup or remove a linked device.
Unlink the phone instead of deleting files
Follow Microsoft’s device-removal instructions. In Phone Link, open its device settings, select the phone and remove it. On Windows versions with separate mobile-device integration, also review Bluetooth & devices > Mobile devices > Manage devices. Check Link to Windows on the phone as well.
Those connections can control different features. Removing the phone from one list may leave it visible in another. If your goal is simply to copy pictures once, our Android photo-transfer guide offers cable and cloud alternatives.
Can you uninstall it?
Check Installed apps for an Uninstall option first. Whether that option is available depends on the Windows build and app. You do not need to uninstall it merely because a background process exists.
Avoid deleting executable files or protected Windows folders by hand. If a removal method targets every user or other mobile-device components, it goes beyond stopping the app for your own account. Startup and unlinking controls are the easier first steps.
Is YourPhone.exe a virus or a memory problem?
A genuine Microsoft component is different from an unrelated file using the same name. In Task Manager, check the file location and publisher information. If you are unsure, scan it with Windows Security instead of trusting or deleting it by name.
For resource use, compare idle behaviour with active syncing and update the app before drawing conclusions. A memory number alone is not proof of malware or a leak; our RAMMap guide explains Windows memory states.