How to Remove a Printer in Windows 10


If you have a printer in Windows 10 that you no longer want added, then you can remove the printer.

This tutorial will show you different ways on how to remove a printer in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to remove a printer.

Removing a printer does not uninstall its driver. You would need to manually uninstall the printer driver if wanted.



Contents







OPTION ONE

Remove a Printer in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Printers & scanners on the left side, click/tap on printer (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove on the right side, and click/tap on Remove device. (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 Settings if you like.






OPTION TWO

Remove a Printer in Control Panel


1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Devices and Printers icon.

2 Right click or press and hold on the printer (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove, and click/tap on Remove device. (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 THREE

Remove a Printer in Print Management


This option is not available in the Windows 10 Home edition.


1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type printmanagement.msc into Run, and click/tap on OK to open Print Management.

2 Expand open Print Servers, expand open your local print server (ex: "Brink-Desktop") for this PC, and open Printers in the left pane of Print Management. (see screenshot below)

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3 Right click or press and hold on the printer (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove in the middle pane of Print Management, and click/tap on Delete. (see screenshot above)

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

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5 You can now close Print Management if you like.






OPTION FOUR

Remove a Printer in Printers folder


1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type explorer shell:::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} into Run, and click/tap on OK to open the Printers folder.

2 Right click or press and hold on the printer (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove, and click/tap on Delete. (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 the Printers folder if you like.






OPTION FIVE

Remove a Printer in Device Manager


1 Open the Win+X menu, and click/tap on Device Manager.

2 Expand open Print queues or Printers, right click or press and hold on the printer (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") you want to remove, and click/tap on Uninstall device. (see screenshots below)

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

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4 You can now close Device Manager if you like.






OPTION SIX

Remove a Printer in PowerShell


To see more usage options for the Remove-Printer command, see: Remove-Printer | Microsoft Docs


1 Open an elevated PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the Get-Printer | Format-List Name command into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter to see a list of all your printers. Make note of the name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") of the printer you want to remove. (see screenshot below)

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3 Type the command below into the elevated 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 2 you want to remove.

For example: Remove-Printer -Name "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PLC 6"

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4 You can now close the elevated PowerShell if you like.






OPTION SEVEN

Remove a Printer in Command Prompt


1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Copy and paste the wmic printer get name command into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter to see a list of all your printers. Make note of the name (ex: "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PCL 6") of the printer you want to remove. (see screenshot below)

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3 Type the command below into the elevated command prompt, 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 2 you want to remove.

For example: printui.exe /dl /n "HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477 PLC 6"

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4 You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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