Remove printer from your computer

It is annoy sometimes when you try to remove the printer and it says the printer is in use.

We have to force to remove it

Here are some ways:

1) Control panel / Device and printer / Remove printer

2) Control panel / Device and printer / print server property / drivers tab / remove driver.

note: after select the printer, you can see printer server property

3) Remove corrupted printer in the registry

Run \ regedit \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Print > Printers

Then, select printer and delete (whole printer folder)

4) Clear the printer job queue Go to C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS Then, Delete everything.

If you can not delete, open services \ STOP printer spooler and try to delete job queue again.

5) Run \ ms-settings:connecteddevices Then, remove printer

6) Run \ printui /s Then, Remove printer or printer and drivers or ports

7) Run \ printmanagement.msc Then, Remove printer

8) Run \ devmgmt.msc Then, uninstall printer

9) Remove printer from command prompt Run \ CMD

List the printer wmic printer get name

Remove printer with command printui.exe /dl /n “Name of Printer”

10) Remove printer from powershell

Open Powershell (with admin) Get-Printer | Format-List Name

Then, remove printer Remove-Printer -Name “Printer name”

11) Run \ explorer shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} Select printer and delete.