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how to remove old linked computer from phone link / link to window?

Anonymous
2025-03-31T19:43:00+00:00

there few device im not use anymore yet the device is still there showing option even after i already delete it from my microsoft account.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-15T11:25:19+00:00

    Disable Link to Windows on Android

    1: Go to Settings > Apps > All Apps.
    2: Find "Link to Windows" and tap on it.
    3: Tap "Disable" (if available).
    4: Tap "Storage & cache" > Clear Storage and Clear Cache.
    5: Go to Permissions and remove any granted permissions.
    6: Then enable it again if disabled.

    Uninstall Phone link in computer :

    1: Right-click the Start button > Select "Terminal (Admin)".
    2: Copy and paste the following command, then press Enter:

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

    3: Restart your computer and Install it again from Microsoft Store

    It's like you're not reading to the description of the problem. Link to Windows comes preinstalled on many devices. You can't uninstall it on those devices. You can sign out and clear the data. As soon as you sign back in, the old computers reappear. As shown in the original poster's screen shot of his https://account.microsoft.com/devices the problem computer does not appear there, so obviously there's no way to do anything on the PC itself -- it no longer exists. Same thing for me.

    There must be data stored on an MS server specific to the Link to Windows app for Android. How do we alter THAT data and remove a no-longer-in use PC (or duplicates)?

    This is a problem affecting many users. Almost 100 people have reported the same problem at this thread: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/remove-inaccessible-computers-from-link-to-windows/b818db1f-96bd-4168-b834-95063e83a6dd?page=3

    There is no resolution there either. But the one thing that's worse than not getting an answer is something like this response that shows the responder didn't even bother to read the symptoms before posting a response that obviously on its face can't work based on the problem description (the parts about uninstalling Phone Link on the computer).

    People who don't know better may spend their time trying to do these things, possibly causing additional problems. Microsoft should ban people who post responses like this who show they have not even read the description of the problem and give answers that obviously can't work. Bad, wrong information is worse than no information (plus, with all the AI stuff, it fuels wrong responses from the AI too.)

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-04-29T03:21:58+00:00

    I am also having the same problem and none of these instructions help. All the old devices listed are from previous windows instillations or from PCs I no longer own but are still shown in the device list of the link to windows app. They are there even after uninstalling the app, factory resetting the phone and even with brand new phones the old devices immediately pop up once I sign in and I no longer have access to those PCs. This all leads me to believe that this info is not stored on the phone or PC rather it is stored somewhere within Microsoft servers on my Microsoft account and I need to know how to access it to delete those devices.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-03-31T21:40:27+00:00

    Hello ,

    I’m here to help you in resolving your issue

    1: Go to https://account.microsoft.com/devices/
    2: Find the device you want to remove.
    3: Click Remove Device and confirm.

    After trying above steps, please reach out to me if you have any doubts or issues

    As shown in picture above. In my account there is no device listed in my phone, aside of the one im using. So there is no device i wanted to remove in my account.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-04-02T06:44:49+00:00

    Its did not even give option to uninstall.

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-04-01T20:34:38+00:00

    I cant uninstall link to windows in android and phone link on computer. So i only log out, delate data storage then log in.

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