A job is hung in your print queue and wont delete. How do you force it to delete?

A job is hung in your print queue and wont delete. How do you force it to delete?

• Turn the printer off then on
• Restart the Print Spool in Services
• Bust out your shaman gear, its spirit talking time
• Threaten the printer 

EXPLANATION

Clear the Print Queue.

This will often fix the problem on its own.

• Open the Services window (Windows key + R, type services.msc, press enter).
• Select Print Spooler and click the Stop icon, if it is not stopped already.
• Navigate to C:\Windows\system32\spool\PRINTERS and open this file. You may need to show hidden files or enter an administrator's password.
• Delete all contents inside the folder. Do not delete the PRINTERS folder itself. Note that this will remove all current print jobs, so make sure no one on your network is using the printer.
• Return to the Services window, select Print Spooler, and click Start.

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