# YourPhoneAppProxy.exe

Application Process: Microsoft Corporation

Catalog search terms yourphoneappproxy, your phone proxy, phone link proxy

Windows, Application

Phone Link background proxy. E dey keep parts of Phone Link alive when di main window dey closed. PhoneExperienceHost.exe na di window.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na di Phone Link helper, no be di Phone Link window.

YourPhoneAppProxy.exe dey stay resident for notifications and reconnect. To end am na pause, no be uninstall.

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

  **Window closed?**: Di proxy fit still run

  **I suppose end am?**: Background phone features dey pause

Feex tok say

If di Phone Link window don commot and dis proxy still dey here, na di tray wey dey stay alive be dat. I go disable startup inside di app if I no want am.

## Wetin be YourPhoneAppProxy.exe?

YourPhoneAppProxy.exe na di Phone Link proxy inside di Your Phone package.

## Wetin e dey do?

E dey handle background connect and some notification work so dat di main host fit stay closed. E no be CrossDeviceResume.exe.

## Wetin make am dey run?

Phone Link dey installed and dem allow am make e run for background. Even if no phone link, di package fit still start di proxy.

## 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 'YourPhoneAppProxy.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 WindowsApps proxy na Microsoft. YourPhoneAppProxy.exe inside Temp 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_*\YourPhoneAppProxy.exe`

- Background helper
- UI host: PhoneExperienceHost.exe
- Disable from Phone Link settings

## I fit end am?

Dey pause background phone features

To end YourPhoneAppProxy.exe dey pause background reconnect and notifications. PhoneExperienceHost.exe na di window wey you go close if na only di UI you want make e commot.

## I fit comot am?

Uninstall Phone Link

No delete di proxy file under WindowsApps. Commot Phone Link from Settings if you no want make di helper return.

## E suppose start with Windows?

Phone Link background permission dey start am.

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

## Common wahala dem

### Proxy without phone

Uninstall Phone Link or turn off background apps for dat package.

### Two Your Phone names

Host na di window. Proxy na di helper. CrossDeviceResume na third story.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### Phone Link > Settings > start on boot

Dat checkbox na di persistent story.

### Settings > Apps > Phone Link > Advanced > background

Restrict am there.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | YourPhoneAppProxy.exe |
| ---------- | --------------------- |
| Product    | Phone Link proxy      |

## 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.

[PhoneExperienceHost.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/phoneexperiencehost.exe/)[CrossDeviceService.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/crossdeviceservice.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)· Background features
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Learn: Windows ](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows)· Primary Windows documentation
- [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**: YourPhoneAppProxy.exe

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