Windows 10: Phone Companion uninstall?

Hi,

I have another thread going on in the security subforum about CompanionApp.exe connecting to a remote IP in the background when I'm not using the app.
The app seems to just run at random intervals. I don't use it. I first became aware of it once when I was trying to connect an iPhone to iTunes and it wouldn't let me connect the phone to iTunes. I ended up having to remove the phone as a device and let Windows see and install it again. After that, iTunes was able to see the iphone and all worked as I wanted it to. Now when I look at my network connections in my firewall settings, I see CompanionApp.exe running and connecting to a remote IP. That turns out to be Akamai, which I don't much like either.

I don't see any way to stop Phone Companion from running like this. So far, I don't use it and I don't want it. I am considering uninstalling it if it can't just sit back and remain dormant unless I actually call upon it to do something. Would there be any downside to uninstalling it? I don't want to run into a situation where the removal of Phone Companion takes with it some files that other programs might need in order to run properly.

Edited to add that I have just reported this app's behaviour to Microsoft...I mean, the random running in the background and connecting to remote IP addresses.

:)

 

downloading drivers

What is the make and model of your phone?

See if the Windows Phone Companion App can help:

How to Use the New Phone Companion App in Windows ... - groovyPost

 

Has anyone been able to get phone companion to work

Hi,

I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the Phone companion app and check if you are facing the issue

To uninstall the phone companion app please follow the steps below:

• 
  Type phone companion in the
  search box.
  
• 
  Right click on
  phone companion and click on uninstall.
  

Once it is uninstalled, you can reinstall it from windows store.

You can refer the article below:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/microsoft-phone-companion/9wzdncrfj3pm

Please get back to us with updated status. We will be happy to assist you further.

 

Have you tried this tutorial ?
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/4...a.html#option2

Option Two: To Remove Specific Windows Apps from Current Account in PowerShell

Scroll down to................

(To remove Phone Companion app from current account only)
*Arrow Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

What cmd would use to install this app, thanks.