# PhoneExperienceHost.exe

Application Process: Microsoft Corporation

Catalog search terms phoneexperiencehost, phone link, your phone

Windows, Application

Phone Link (Your Phone). Dis process na di Phone Link window. YourPhoneAppProxy.exe na helper. CrossDeviceResume.exe na continue-on-PC.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na di Phone Link app window, no be Windows service wey dem name Phone.

PhoneExperienceHost.exe na Microsoft Phone Link. E fit stay inside tray after you close di window. Uninstall or Settings go stop am. To end di process na only until e restart.

- **E safe?**: Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.

  **You need am?**: Only if you dey use di phone app

  **High RAM?**: Photos and messages cache

Feex tok say

If I no dey use phone for dis PC, I go uninstall Phone Link. To end PhoneExperienceHost every hour no be setting.

## Wetin be PhoneExperienceHost.exe?

PhoneExperienceHost.exe na di Phone Link (Your Phone) application host inside WindowsApps.

## Wetin e dey do?

E dey show messages, photos, and calls when phone link. E dey often use WebView2. Di proxy process dey handle some background work.

## Wetin make am dey run?

You open Phone Link, or e start with Windows from im own setting. PC wey no get linked phone fit still keep di package installed.

## Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

`Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'PhoneExperienceHost.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List`

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the [file-identity guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/) to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

## E dey safe?

Check dis running file

Di Microsoft.YourPhone package na Phone Link. PhoneExperienceHost.exe outside WindowsApps no be Phone Link.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

`C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.YourPhone_*\PhoneExperienceHost.exe`

- Phone Link UI
- Proxy na sibling helper
- Fit embed WebView2

## I fit end am?

E dey close Phone Link until e restart

To end di host dey drop di window and sync wey dey go on. Turn off launch at startup inside Phone Link if you no want make e come back.

## I fit comot am?

Uninstall Phone Link

Uninstall Phone Link from Settings > Apps. No delete files under WindowsApps with hand. YourPhoneAppProxy.exe belong to di same package.

## E suppose start with Windows?

Phone Link get im own start-with-Windows option.

## Measure resource use

| CPU and memory   | Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Disk and network | Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm) |

## File information

| Executable name            | PhoneExperienceHost.exe                                                            |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recorded installation path | C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.YourPhone\_\*\PhoneExperienceHost.exe       |
| Publisher                  | Microsoft Corporation                                                              |
| Signature check            | Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm) |

## Common wahala dem

### RAM after photo dump

Clear Phone Link cache from inside di app. Dat one no be SearchIndexer.

### People dey end YourPhoneAppProxy dey wonder why sync die

Both processes belong to di same product.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### Unlink and relink di phone

Microsoft document dat one after sync hang.

### Check WebView2 if di UI dey blank

Di embed fit be di part wey break.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | PhoneExperienceHost.exe |
| ---------- | ----------------------- |
| Product    | Phone Link              |

## Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[YourPhoneAppProxy.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/yourphoneappproxy.exe/)[CrossDeviceResume.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/crossdeviceresume.exe/)[msedgewebview2.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/msedgewebview2.exe/)[Check an executable path and digital signature: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/)[Read Task Manager and compare process activity: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Application processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/application/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Microsoft Support: Phone Link ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/phone-link)· Official app
- [Microsoft Store: Phone Link ](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nmpj99vjbwv)· Package
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Sysinternals: Sigcheck ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sigcheck)· Dey explain how to check file signatures. Dis reference no establish the identity or safety of any particular running file.
- [Microsoft: Get-CimInstance ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/get-ciminstance)· Read-only local process-query method. (pcm)
- [Microsoft: Win32_Process properties ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-process)· Documents process IDs, executable paths, creation dates and parent-ID reuse. (pcm)

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: PhoneExperienceHost.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.YourPhone\_\*\PhoneExperienceHost.exe

  **Record context**: Feex Wiki reference entry

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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