This tutorial will show you how to remove a printer from your Windows 11 computer.
If you have a printer added to the computer you no longer want installed, you can remove it.
Contents
- Option One: Remove Printer in "Printers & scanners" Settings
- Option Two: Remove Printer in "Bluetooth & devices" Settings
- Option Three: Remove Printer in Print Management
- Option Four: Remove Printer in Printers folder
- Option Five: Remove Printer in Device Manager
- Option Six: Remove Printer in Devices and Printers
- Option Seven: Remove Printer using "Remove-Printer" command
- Option Eight: Remove Printer using "printui" command
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Printers & scanners on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on the printer you want to remove. (see screenshot below)
4 Click/tap on Remove. (see screenshot below)
5 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now close Settings if you like.
This option is helpful to remove a printer with driver not available.
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on the View more devices link at the top. (see screenshot below)
3 Scroll down and click/tap on the printer device you want to remove.
4 Click/tap on Remove.
5 Click/tap on Yes to confirm if prompted.
6 You can now close Settings if you like.
Print Management is not available in the Windows 11 Home edition.
1 Open Print Management (printmanagement.msc).
2 Perform the following steps: (see screenshot below)
- Under Printer Servers in the left pane, click/tap on Printers under the local print server (ex: "BrinkW11") you want to remove the printer from.
- Select the printer you want to remove in the middle pane.
- Click/tap on More Actions in the right Actions pane.
- Click/tap on Delete.
3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Print Management if you like.
1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, copy and paste
explorer shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D}
into Run, and click/tap on OK to open the Printers folder.2 Perform one of the following actions: (see screenshot below)
- Select the printer you want to remove, and click/tap on Delete this printer on the toolbar.
- Right click or press and hold on the printer you want to remove, and click/tap on Delete.
3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close the Printers folder if you like.
1 Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).
2 Click/tap on View on the menu bar, and click/tap on Show hidden devices to check it. (see screenshot below)
3 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
- Expand open Print queues or Printers.
- Right click or press and hold on the printer you want to remove.
- Click/tap on Uninstall device.
4 Click/tap on Uninstall to confirm. (see screenshot below)
5 You can now close Device Manager if you like.
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Open Devices and Printers.
2 Under Printers, right click on the printer you want to remove, and click/tap on Remove. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
4 You can now close Devices and Printers if you like.
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter to see a list of all your printers. (see screenshot below step 3)
Get-Printer | Format-List Name
3 Make note of the printer name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove. (see screenshot below)
4 Type the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Remove-Printer -Name "Printer name"
Substitute Printer name in the command above with the actual name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") of the printer from step 3 you want to remove.
For example: Remove-Printer -Name "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PLC 6"
5 You can now close PowerShell if you like.
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter to see a list of all your printers. (see screenshot below step 3)
powershell "Get-Printer | Format-List Name"
3 Make note of the printer name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove. (see screenshot below)
4 Type the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
printui.exe /dl /n "Printer name"
Substitute Printer name in the command above with the actual name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") of the printer from step 3 you want to remove.
For example: printui.exe /dl /n "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PLC 6"
5 You can now close Windows Terminal if you like.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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