Devices Remove Printer in Windows 11


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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 Settings


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)


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3 Click/tap on the printer you want to remove. (see screenshot below)

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4 Click/tap on Remove. (see screenshot below)

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5 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

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6 You can now close Settings if you like.




Option Two

Remove Printer in Print Management


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)
  1. 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.
  2. Select the printer you want to remove in the middle pane.
  3. Click/tap on More Actions in the right Actions pane.
  4. Click/tap on Delete.
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3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

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4 You can now close Print Management if you like.




Option Three

Remove Printer in Printers folder


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.
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3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

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4 You can now close the Printers folder if you like.




Option Four

Remove Printer in Device Manager


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)

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3 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
  1. Expand open Print queues or Printers.
  2. Right click or press and hold on the printer you want to remove.
  3. Click/tap on Uninstall device.
Remove_Printer_Device_Manager-1.png

4 Click/tap on Uninstall to confirm. (see screenshot below)

Remove_Printer_Device_Manager-2.png

5 You can now close Device Manager if you like.




Option Five

Remove Printer in Devices and Printers


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)

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3 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

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4 You can now close Devices and Printers if you like.




Option Six

Remove Printer using "Remove-Printer" command


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)

Remove_printer_PowerShell-1.png

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"


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5 You can now close PowerShell if you like.




Option Seven

Remove Printer using "printui" command


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)

Remove_printer_command-1.png

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"


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5 You can now close Windows Terminal if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


 

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The printer driver that is screwing with my system BrUsbSib.sys does not show up in any of those listings. I DO NOT have a Brother printer, but this driver is incompatible. How do I delete it???
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
The printer driver that is screwing with my system BrUsbSib.sys does not show up in any of those listings. I DO NOT have a Brother printer, but this driver is incompatible. How do I delete it???

Hello, and welcome. :-)

You could see if using option 6 below may uninstall that driver for you.

 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Spectre x360 2in1 14-eu0098nr (2024)
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 4.8 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Poly Studio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" 2.8K OLED multitouch
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
    Internet Speed
    Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
I ran that program, but can't find BrUsbSib.sys that is incompatible.
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell
I ran that program, but can't find BrUsbSib.sys that is incompatible.

In that case, double check using option three with "Show hidden devices" in Device Manager to see if the printer may be listed to uninstall.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Spectre x360 2in1 14-eu0098nr (2024)
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 4.8 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Integrated Intel Arc
    Sound Card
    Poly Studio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" 2.8K OLED multitouch
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    2 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD
    Internet Speed
    Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
Couldn't do it there either. Finally found a solution by going to PnpUtil in Powershell and deleting the oem34.inf. Rebooted, and now my Core Memory is protected. Not sure why Brother products were being installed, as I do not own one. Their website was useless.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell

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