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CANNOT CONNECT TO PHONE LINK

IAM PAYING EXTRA FOR ADDITIONAL MICROSIOFT SERVICES , ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AGO I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UTILIZE PHONELINK. IT WILL NOT ALLOW MY SAMSUNG GALAXY 25+ TO CONNECT. IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY FRUSTRATING AND AGGRAVATING. I NEED THIS CORRECTED

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-12T17:22:37.1533333+00:00
JEFFREY P EMMERLING 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T20:07:51.87+00:00
JEFFREY P EMMERLING 0 Reputation points
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How do I get rid of the passkey from the computer to my phone???

Your company "took over" my computer this morning and I stupidly let it download my pictures from my phone to my computer. It made me do a passkey that I didn't realize was for my phone not the computer and I can't figure out how to get rid of…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-12T19:38:03.9966667+00:00
K Guthrie 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T19:39:23.8333333+00:00

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how to fix phone link

Phone Link will no longer send text messages from my Windows 11 PC. Is there a way to fix this?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-10T18:37:24.2666667+00:00
Karen Duxbury 30 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T17:53:19.3666667+00:00
Karen Duxbury 30 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Phone Link: Missing notifications on the taskbar icon

I have noticed that Phone Link shows no notifications on the task bar icon, when notifications are present in Phone Link on my PC. Phone Link is configured to start when I sign into Windows. When I open Phone Link the new messages are present, and first…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-09T15:24:09.4266667+00:00
Anders Strand-Holm 120 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T07:41:19.6966667+00:00
Thomas4-N 23,505 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

File won't transfer from PC to phone

Alert comes up to check Drive storage, not enough. Checked Drive storage and have used very little of 15 GB. What else can be done?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-11T13:29:26.7166667+00:00
Brian Campbell 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-11T14:11:12.0633333+00:00
nobuko c 125.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Files failed to send from iPhone

When trying to send photos from iPhone to PC, the attached error message shows. So far have tried: • Uninstalling and reinstalling Phone link / Link to windows apps on respective devices • Toggling Bluetooth on and off, and removing Bluetooth devices /…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-10T21:12:48.21+00:00
JG 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-11T07:03:31.62+00:00
Hendrix-V 21,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Dynamic lock

Now all of a sudden my Dynamic lock on my windows setting is not working , it can't find my phone and i don't know what else to try to get my windows or phone to be visible to each other any more

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-07T23:04:56.6733333+00:00
Nicholas Malone 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-11T05:58:17.56+00:00
Hendrix-V 21,090 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

More from Phone Link (different sending problem)

Why am I all of a sudden getting this error: Not sent, check options? This is from my phone Google messages; messaged were sent from PC using Phone Link.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-10T21:44:02.47+00:00
Dale Webb 15 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-11T00:31:17.5666667+00:00
Paulo GM 74,055 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Phone link, stopped working,

Trying to reconnect the current phone, and I tried to reset and repair, but it does not look for a phone it finds the current phone and just hangs when it tries to connect them together

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-10-26T16:11:24.2066667+00:00
James Bleecker 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-10T14:44:34.6633333+00:00
Asanka Dasanayaka 0 Reputation points
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phone link will not connect

Phone link will not connect please advise how to do Moved from: System Center Service Manager

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2025-12-31T04:52:44.6333333+00:00
Jill Strachan 5 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-10T13:27:34.51+00:00
Faizan Feroz 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Phone Connect

When after installing Microsoft phone connect I went to my phone and found new groups of games and search bar that I did not install. I cannot uninstall. Help please.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-07T15:08:42.3+00:00
Keith H 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-10T09:23:25.38+00:00
Thomas4-N 23,505 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

adding device to windows 11 pc

I can not add my android phone on my devices.It is a a galexy A13 .The screen shows devices but not my phone.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-09T18:15:17.72+00:00
James Broughton 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-09T18:55:26.24+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 90,940 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

Phone Link

I can not open phone link on my PC. The icon shows up but when I click it, it will not open the application. I tried to reinstall it but it doesn't appear in my installed app

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-09T18:31:52.72+00:00
Joseph Ford 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-09T18:39:16.66+00:00
BryceSor 5,520 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Unable to see all photo folders when I connect my iPhone to my PC

When I connect my iPhone to my PC using a usb cable I cannot see all the folders containing photos in explorer. What is visible seems to change day by day but it is mostly older folders. I have seen them all on a couple of occasions. The ones I can see,…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2025-12-07T19:52:10.2833333+00:00
Peter Harvey 25 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-09T16:36:12.6366667+00:00
Terry Day 0 Reputation points
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can't connect Apple iphone to my Computer

i want to chat on call because i can't understand english

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-07T14:27:13.17+00:00
Naresh Kumar 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-09T01:33:10.0133333+00:00
Ian-T 16,460 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Phone Link on my windows 11 pro pc does not receive messages from my Samsung S24 phone. However Win11/Phone Link does successfully SEND messages to my S24

Phone Link on my windows 11 pro pc does not receive messages from my Samsung S24 phone. However Win11/Phone Link does successfully SEND messages to my S24. This is a recent issue as Phone Link had been working fine for exchanging messages with my S24…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-05T20:00:15.4333333+00:00
Bob Alston 126 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-08T08:02:26.92+00:00
Thomas4-N 23,505 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

How do I link my pc with my Iphone

I want to link my PC with my Iphone to send pictures from my computer

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-06T21:37:34.93+00:00
Kimberly DeMarco 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-11-06T22:18:21.89+00:00
John Jefferson Doyon 90,940 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2 answers

wont let me open phone link

it shows this when i try to open

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2026-11-06T06:31:44.7133333+00:00
Grant Johnson 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-06T07:06:59.86+00:00
GsN5034 - IA 80,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How attach pdf using Phone Link app

I would like to attach a pdf to a text using Phone Link,. I can see an option for sending an image but not a pdf. How can I do that?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2025-08-16T01:01:29.5466667+00:00
Cat Crumb 40 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-11-06T02:14:26.3633333+00:00
Christopher 0 Reputation points
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Connecting iPhone to PC via Bluetooth

When trying to connect my iPhone to my PC, both devices cannot find each other. Bluetooth on both devices is working correctly because I can connect both devices to various other Bluetooth devices. But when I try to connect them to each other neither one…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Connect Phone and PC
asked 2025-09-12T02:15:32.4466667+00:00
Matthew Hess 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-05T22:08:09.2866667+00:00
Wyatt Gonzales 0 Reputation points