
Information
When you
remove a printer in Windows, the printer's driver is not uninstalled. You would need to manually uninstall the printer driver if wanted.
This tutorial will show you how uninstall a printer driver in
Windows 10.
You must be signed in as an
administrator to uninstall a printer driver.
CONTENTS:
OPTION ONE
Uninstall Printer Driver in Print Management
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
Drivers in the left pane of Print Management. (see screenshot below)
3. Select one or more drivers you want to uninstall in the middle pane of Print Management, right click or press and hold on the select driver(s), and click/tap on
Remove Drive Package. (see screenshot above)

Tip
You can press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking on drivers to select more than one driver.
4. Click/tap on
Delete to confirm. (see screenshot below)
5. Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
6. You can now close Print Management if you like.
OPTION TWO
Uninstall Printer Driver in Print Server Properties
1. Press the
Win+R keys to open Run, type
printui /s /t2
into Run, and click/tap on
OK to directly open Print Server Properties.
2. Click/tap on the
Drivers tab, and click/tap on the
Change Driver Settings at the bottom to "Run as administrator". (see screenshot below)
3. Select one or more drivers you want to uninstall, and click/tap on the
Remove button. (see screenshot below)

Tip
You can press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking on drivers to select more than one driver.
4. Select (dot)
Remove driver only or
Remove driver and driver package (recommended) for what you want, and click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
5. Click/tap on
Yes to confirm (1 of 2). (see screenshots below)
6. Click/tap on
Delete to confirm (2 of 2). (see screenshot below)
7. Click/tap on
OK. (see screenshot below)
8. When finished, click/tap on
Close. (see screenshot below)
OPTION THREE
Uninstall Printer Driver 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 the
Printer server properties link towards the bottom on the right side, and go to
step 2 in Option Two above. (see screenshot below)

OPTION FOUR
Uninstall Printer Driver in Control Panel
1. Open the
Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the
Devices and Printers icon.
2. Select any printer, click/tap on the
Printer server properties button on the toolbar at the top, and go to
step 2 in Option Two above. (see screenshot below)

OPTION FIVE
Uninstall Printer Driver 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 an empty area in the Printers folder, click/tap on
Server properties, and go to
step 2 in Option Two above. (see screenshot below)

That's it,
Shawn