

Right-click on the Print Spooler service and click Start.Īny print jobs that were queued will be deleted. In the spool folder, open the PRINTERS folder.Īfter these files have been deleted, close the spool folder.
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Minimize this window after the print spooler has stopped.Īfter the print spooler service has stopped, hold the Windows key on your keyboard and press R to open the Run box. The Services window will open. In this window, scroll down to the Print Spooler. Right-click it and click Stop.In the Run box, type services.msc. Then, click OK. Hold the Windows key on your keyboard and press R. Please see steps below to manually delete print jobs and restart the spooler. After the print jobs are deleted manually, the printer spooler will need to be restarted.
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If print items do not clear, you can try the manual process. LPT - Do this when your printer queue errors and you cant delete, cancel or resume Goto Control Panel > System >Services > find Printer Spool. When the confirmation message appears, click Yes. To delete the print jobs, from the Printer menu, select Cancel All Documents. At this point, no one will be able to print anything on any of the printers that are being hosted on this server. In order to do this, you need to be logged in as Administrator.

Scroll down to the Print Spooler service and right click on it and select Stop. Clicking Cancel on the job in the queue, does nothing. This stuck print job cannot be cancelled or deleted and prevents further print jobs from printing. To display the print job, click Display Print Queue. Go to Start, Control Panel and Administrative Tools. The printer cannot print from a computer because a print job is stuck in the Windows print queue. Printers can be very finicky devices, especially when it comes to the print queue. However, users without permission for printer management cannot delete the print job of another user. published Command Prompt or the Services window will come into play. When you perform this operation, all print jobs are deleted.
