On Windows 10, you can link your phone (Android or iPhone) to your PC to use the Your Phone app to get quick access to your texts, photos, and notifications, including the ability to make phone calls.
Although this can be a great tool to manage many features without the need to unlock your phone, if you didn’t find it useful and the device is stuck connected to your computer and your phone keeps popping up the “Connected to your PC” notification, you can unlink your phone from your computer with a few simple steps.
In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to quickly unlink your phone from your Windows 10 device.
How to remove phone on Windows 10
To unlink your phone from your PC running Windows 10, use these steps:
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Open Settings.
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Click on Phone.
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Click the Unlink this PC option.
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Click the Home button.
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Click on Devices.
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Click on Bluetooth & other devices.
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Select your phone.
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Click the Remove device button.
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Once you complete the steps, your Android or iPhone will no longer be linked to Windows 10.
Mauro Huculak is a Windows expert and the Editor-in-Chief who started Pureinfotech in 2010 as an independent online publication. He is also been a Windows Central contributor for nearly a decade. Mauro has over 12 years of experience writing comprehensive guides and creating professional videos about Windows, software, and related technologies, including Android and Linux. Before becoming a technology writer, he was an IT administrator for seven years. In total, Mauro has over 20 years of combined experience in technology. Throughout his career, he achieved different professional certifications from Microsoft (MSCA), Cisco (CCNP), VMware (VCP), and CompTIA (A+ and Network+), and he has been recognized as a Microsoft MVP for many years. You can follow him on X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn and About.me.