{"id":14173,"date":"2019-04-23T02:02:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T02:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14173"},"modified":"2019-04-23T02:06:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T02:06:54","slug":"cancel-print-jobs-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/cancel-print-jobs-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Cancel Print Jobs in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Print jobs are stuck in queue and you need to clear the print spooler? How can I prevent further documents from being printed? In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 3 simple ways to cancel a stuck or accidental print job from the queue, saving you lots of time and paper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Cancel Print Jobs Using Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-the-devices-and-printers-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open the &#8220;Devices and Printers&#8221; applet<\/a> in the Control Panel. Right-click on the printer that is being used and select &#8220;<strong>See what&#8217;s printing<\/strong>&#8221; from the context menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/see-whats-printing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14178\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This shows a list of print jobs that are in the queue. In order to cancel printing a document, just right-click it and select <strong>Cancel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cancel-print-job-in-windows.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14179\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Cancel Print Jobs Using the Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open the Settings app<\/a> and click on <strong>Devices<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/devices-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14180\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Printers &amp; scanners<\/strong> tab. On the right side pane, select your printer and then click on the &#8220;<strong>Open queue<\/strong>&#8221; button appeared beneath the printer name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/open-print-queue-in-windows-10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, you can right-click on any print job and then click <strong>Cancel<\/strong> to clear it from the print queue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Cancel Print Jobs Using Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-command-prompt-in-windows-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open the Command Prompt<\/a> as Administrator. Run the following commands to delete all .shd and .spl files from <em>C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\spool\\PRINTERS<\/em> and restart the Print Spooler service.<\/p>\n<p><code>net stop spooler<br \/>\ndel \/F \/S \/Q %systemroot%\\System32\\spool\\PRINTERS\\*<br \/>\nnet start spooler<\/code><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/clear-print-queue-using-cmd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"325\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The print queue on your Windows 10 PC should now be cleared. Of course, you can create a batch file to execute the above commands, so you can cancel all your print jobs with just a single mouse click!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print jobs are stuck in queue and you need to clear the print spooler? How can I prevent further documents from being printed? In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 3 simple ways to cancel a stuck or accidental print job from the queue, saving you lots of time and paper. 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