This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Send to My Phone" context menu item for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.4541 (23H2) and build 22631.4534 (24H2), you can share content to an Android device using the Send to My Phone context menu in File Explorer and on the desktop.
The feature requires you to pair your Android device to your Windows PC using the Link to Windows app on your Android device and Phone Link on your PC.
If you don't want the "Send to My Phone" item in the context menu for your linked phone, you can remove it without having to uninstall the Phone Link app.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2), Microsoft is making a few refinements to the context menu aimed at reducing the space taken by less commonly used actions, while keeping them easy to access. Microsoft is also updated the ordering of actions to group similar tasks. Microsoft moved Send to My Phone next to the cloud provider options.
The options in this tutorial to remove the "Send to My Phone" context menu have a side effect for files of disabling the modern context menu with Show more options and use the old context menu afterwards.
Adding the "Send to My Phone" context menu will restore the modern context menu.
Contents
- Option One: Add or Remove "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for Current User
- Option Two: Add or Remove "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for All Users
EXAMPLE: "Send to My Phone" context menu
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2 Add "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for Current User
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Send-to-My-Phone_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{2F788D0F-1317-441B-86D2-4725301BD49D}"=-3 Remove "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for Current User
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Send-to-My-Phone_context_menu_for_current_user.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{2F788D0F-1317-441B-86D2-4725301BD49D}"="Send to My Phone"4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If changes are not applied immediately, then either restart explorer process, sign out and sign in, or restart the computer to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
2. Add "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for All Users
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Send-to-My-Phone_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{2F788D0F-1317-441B-86D2-4725301BD49D}"=-
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{2F788D0F-1317-441B-86D2-4725301BD49D}"=- 3. Remove "Send to My Phone" Context Menu for All Users
This will override Option One.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Remove_Send-to-My-Phone_context_menu_for_all_users.reg
Download
(Contents of REG file for reference)
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Blocked]
"{2F788D0F-1317-441B-86D2-4725301BD49D}"="Send to My Phone"4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.
5 If you have Smart App Control turned on, you will need to unblock the downloaded REG file.
6 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.
7 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.
8 If changes are not applied immediately, then either restart explorer process, sign out and sign in, or restart the computer to apply.
9 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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