Prevent phone-to-computer connection in Windows 10

This guide will show you how to prevent a computer you manage running Windows 10 from connecting to a phone.

As you know there are some apps that were pre-installed in Windows 10. These are basic apps that most home users usually need, such as the “Phone” app. If you are a corporate systems administrator and want to prevent employees from phone – Windows 10 PC, then this article is for you.

Preventing a phone-to-computer connection could be one of the most important requirements for the company or organization you run. End users can use the "Telephone" application to connect to their computer and through the intranet to use their phone to connect to the system. And because as an IT administrator you may not want this to happen, Microsoft has added a Group Policy setting to meet this requirement.

When there is a setting in group policy, then basically there are two methods of applying that setting. Through the political group and through him h. Let's go and see them both.

Method 1 - Use a political group
1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor. If you do not know how, then press Win + R at the same time and in the "Run" window that appears type gpedit.msc and then press OK.

2. Next, in the Local Group Policy Editor window and in the left pane, go here:
Computer Settings > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy ( Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Group Policy)

3. Now go to the right side of the Policy group and look for the policy setting called "Connecting a phone-computer to this device". Double-click the policy to modify it.

4. Set the policy status to On, click the "Apply" button, and then click "OK". Quit Group Policy Editor and restart your system for the changes to take effect.

After the review of your system, customers will see the following screen when launching the Your Phone app. Therefore, they cannot connect their phone to the computer.

Method 2 - Use a registry
You can also try this registry manipulation to turn off the phone-computer connection in Windows 10.
1. It is recommended to create one System Restore point before modifying the registry.

2. Open Registry Editor and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Policies \ Microsoft \ Windows \ System.

3. Create a DWORD value (32 bit) in this location, name it EnableMmx and let its value data remain at 0.

4. Quit Registry Editor and restart your computer to make your changes effective.

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