{"id":17478,"date":"2021-12-21T03:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T03:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=17478"},"modified":"2021-12-21T03:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T03:51:50","slug":"set-default-printer-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/set-default-printer-in-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Methods to Set Default Printer in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you right-click a document in File Explorer and select Print<\/strong>, it may prompt you to choose a printer instead of printing immediately. This problem happens when you don’t have a default printer set up.<\/p>\n

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In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to change or set default printer in Windows 11.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Set Default Printer in Windows 11 via Control Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R to bring up the Run dialog box. Type shell:PrintersFolder<\/code> and click OK<\/strong>.\n

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  2. You can then access the Printers folder from the Control Panel. Right-click on your desired printer and choose “Set as Default Printer<\/strong>” from the context menu.\n

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  3. When done, you will see a green tick on your new default printer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Set Default Printer in Windows 11 via Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Press the Windows key + I to launch the Settings app<\/a>, and then click on Bluetooth & devices<\/strong> category. On the right side, click on Printers & scanners<\/strong>.\n

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    2. Click on a printer you want to set as the default printer.\n

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    3. Just click the “Set as default<\/strong>” button at the top, and your selected printer will become the new default printer on your computer.\n

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      Method 3: Set Default Printer in Windows 11 via Command Prompt<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. To get started, open Windows Terminal as admin<\/a>. If Windows Terminal opens PowerShell by default, click the down-arrow button located in the title bar and select “Command Prompt<\/strong>“.\n

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      2. Enter the following command into the Command Prompt window, and press Enter.
        \nwmic printer get name,default<\/code><\/p>\n

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        \tIt will display a list of printers added to your computer. You can identify the current default printer which has TRUE<\/code> showing in the “Default<\/strong>” column.<\/li>\n

      3. To change or set a new default printer, run the following command. Remember to substitute printer_name<\/code> with the actual name of your desired printer.
        \nwmic printer where name=\"printer_name\" call setdefaultprinter<\/code><\/p>\n

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      4. Close Windows Terminal. Now you’ve successfully set a new default printer on Windows 11.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        When you right-click a document in File Explorer and select Print, it may prompt you to choose a printer instead of printing immediately. This problem happens when you don’t have a default printer set up. In this tutorial we’ll show you 3 methods to change or set default printer in Windows 11. Method 1: Set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4713],"tags":[4761,4760],"class_list":["post-17478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-11","tag-set-printer-as-default-windows-11","tag-windows-11-set-default-printer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17478"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17501,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17478\/revisions\/17501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}