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This wikiHow teaches you how to clear pending documents from your printer’s queue when you’re using Windows 10. If having trouble with documents sitting in the queue without ever printing, you can also try restarting the print spooler.
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Click the printer. Connected printers appear in the right panel under “Printers & scanners.” Two buttons will appear beneath the printer’s name.
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Go back to the Windows Search bar. Don’t close the Services window, as you’ll need it again in a few moments. Just click the search icon (or the search bar, if it’s permanently in your taskbar).
Select all files in the folder. To do this, click a blank area inside the folder, then press Ctrl + A .
Press the Del key on the keyboard. This clears the print queue, and you can close this folder window.
Return to the “Services” window. You can do this by clicking Services in the taskbar, or by pressing Alt + Tab ↹ until you get back to it.
On the right hand side of your taskbar there should be a printer icon. If you can't see it, it may be hidden behind the arrow; click the arrow to see it. Right click the printer icon and click open printer queue. A new window should open with all current print jobs. Delete the files in queue that you don't want by either right clicking and then selecting delete or left clicking and pressing the delete button on your keyboard.
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