Have you ever been in a situation where you tried to print something and nothing happened? You waited for it to print, but the job didn’t go through? There are a lot of reasons why a print job doesn’t actually print, but one of the most common causes is a stuck print job in the printer queue.
How to Clear Printer Queue/Spooler in Windows 7/8/10
This can happen for a number of reasons. Let’s say you tried to print something a few hours ago, but the printer was off. You didn’t need the document after all, and you forgot about it. Then you come back and try to print. The print job is added to the queue, and if the previous job wasn’t automatically deleted, it will be behind the print job that never printed.
Sometimes you can manually delete the print job, but sometimes you just can’t get rid of it! In these cases, you need to manually clear the print queue. In this article, I will show you the steps to clear the print queue.
To get the print services operational again, follow these steps:
