How to Fix Printer Queue Wont Clear in Windows 10?

Fix Printer Queue Wont Clear in Windows 10:

It is a big issue when you want to use your printer to print the documents but a previous document is in the queue. Many users report that the printer queue won’t clear in Windows 10 which is preventing them from printing other documents. But there is nothing to worry about as you can fix that issue with the below-mentioned solution-

Following the below-mentioned steps to delete a print job in windows 10

Step 1- Go to the settings option and select printers

Step 2- Select the problematic file after clicking on the open queue

Step 3- Click on the cancel option for cancelling the print job.

These are the 3 solutions to fix the printer queue that won’t clear in windows 10.

Step 1-  Manually clearing the print queue in windows

Step 2- Using the command prompt to clear the print queue

Step 3- Setting up a batch file to clear the print queue

Solution 1- Manually clearing the print queue in Windows 10

You have to delete the files from the queue by manually disabling the printer spooler service. This can be done using the below-mentioned steps-

Step 1- You need to switch off the printer

Step 2- Click on the windows 10 Cortana button and type services in the search box

Step 3- Once the service window opens navigate to the print spooler and double click on it

Step 4- Click on the stop button in Windows to disable the print spooler

Step 5- Open file explorer on the taskbar of Windows 10

Step 6- Go to C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS where you will find the folder that contains a log of documents on the print queue

Step 7- To select all the files in the folder press on ctrl+A and delete them.

Step 8- Open the printer spooler dialogue box again and click on the start button to turn on the printer spooler.

Step 9- Try to print a file after turning your printer.

Solution 2- Using the command prompt to clear the print queue

Using a command prompt is the fastest way to clear the print queue where you only need to enter and run a few commands. This can be carried out using the below-mentioned steps-

Step 1- Switch off your printer

Step 2- Press Windows key + x

Step 3- Type next stop spooler in the command prompt admin window and hit enter on your keyboard which will switch off the print spooler.

Step 4- Type C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS and click on the return key. The printer job will be raised by doing this.

Step 5- For switching on the print spooler back type net start spooler and press enter on your keyboard.

Step 6- Print a file by turning on your printers

Solution 3- Setting up a batch file to clear the print queue

Step 1- Switch off your printer

Step 2- Type notepad in the Cortana search box and hit enter on your keyboard.

Step 3- Copy and paste the below mentioned text in the notepad with the ctrl + C and ctrl + V hotkeys

• @echo off
• echo Stopping print spooler
• echo
• net stop spooler
• echo Erasing Temporary Junk Printer Documents
• echo
• del /Q /F /S “%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers\*.*
• echo Starting print spooler
• echo
• net start spooler

Step 4- Now navigate the file option and click on save as

Step 5- Select all files under the save as type dropdown menu in the Windows

Step 6- Delete *.txt and type Printer Queue.bat in the file name box

Step 7- Click on the save option and note whether  the file is saved of not

Step 8- Open the folder that contains the batch file and click the printer queue batch to run it

Step 9- Try printing a document by turning on your printer