How to Clear Print Spooler and Fix Forever Printing Problem in Windows 10

How to Clear Print Spooler and Fix Forever Printing Problem in Windows 10.
Commands used in this tutorial:
Net Stop Spooler
del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\* /Q
• Windows 10 - How to Cl...
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
clear print spooler
clear print spooler windows 10
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clear print spooler hp
clear print spooler windows 8
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).

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[@jaytomon1619]

Thankyou big help🥰🥰

[@markfrederick6202]

2021 and this still helps! Thanks. I would send something to print and the form would never print and I was not even able to delete the print in que! NOW how do I speed up the printing time from the sent document to it actually starting to print because it is taking about 15 seconds? Thank you

[@jonny555ive]

No, because it's on my phone notifications. Any idea for that ?

[@robertallen7186]

@@jaytomon1619 Unfortunately no. I am getting a error window pop-up that says: " Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000007f). The specified procedure could not be found." ???????

[@MosBowsandMore]

Oh my gosh, I can’t thank you enough for making this video!! I was on my last straw trying to figure out why my printer would not connect and print. So I thought I’d take a stab and wala! I found your video and my printer is working again. Hallelujah!! Thank you 😊

[@meyliasukmawati5011]

I like how the way you demonstrated. And it is working. Only in 15 minutes. Thank you so much, this is really help.

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[@chucksylvain8244]

FANTASTIC, I've been trying to fix this "clear the print queue" issue since the last Win10 update THIS WORKED!!!

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[@user-dr1br2hz7s]

Followed each and every steps. It was 6 years ago, but still helpful, thanks for this!

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[@merchantseamancommunity8302]

Thank you so much!!!!!! for making this video I was getting so frustrated trying to print.

[@barszczykczerwony176]

Only windows tutorial I've watched that actually solved a problem. Like earned

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[@morgananderson9647]

Thank you for the clear instructions and assistance! This took care of an issue I was fighting for days. Best regards, Mo

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[@rahuldhameja7755]

Thanks a lot. Tried many possible solutions but only this one worked like a charm.

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[@PatriotCoinRings]

*Bro, you rock!* I spent the whole day removing and reinstalling drivers, and resetting routers, modem, PC, printers, and nothing worked. To print I would have to just let my whole day's work stack up and then reboot my computer and upon reboot it would print at that point but not before and once that batch printed, it wouldn't print again till I was ready to reboot again. I broke down to look at KZbin for the answer as usual and found your video here, I did what your very clear instructions said and it worked like a charm back to fast printing again. Thank you! (THUMBS UP GIVEN) *FOLLOWUP: It does work for me one time and prints out what ever I put in the spool the first time but then I never get a second shot at it as it returns with a print error immediately afterwards where I can't get it to print again showing it's offline despite the printer being online and the only thing that helps is to repeat all instructions all over again each time I want to print something.* 😢

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@MDTechVideos *You help me finally resolve this, and I'll be more than happy to make a contribution!* Your video fix here was and has been the only one that quickly fixed my problem. Despite the printer showing to be "Online and connected to my WIFI" for what ever reason your fix does work but for me, just good for one print until the queue is empty and then when I add more pages to print, my PC is back to showing the printer offline while the printer says online again and I have to rinse and repeat these steps every time (or just do a hard reboot which will typically print out what is in the queue and again, back to the problem until rinse and repeat. My computer and printer are only 20' feet from each other with a clear line of site. All on the same network and I can't figure why after all these years it's just now started doing this. I have uninstalled and reinstalled new drivers which doesn't change the problem and just wondering if you have experienced anything like this or know a fix to "permanently" keep the desktop and printer connected short of plugging a ethernet cable which would be uggly across my office floor not to mention other computers in my office also need to access it on occasion. As for right now, I have all other devices turned off and just trying to tackle this issue head on with just this one computer. Any ideas, your channel has been the closest to fixing this problem I've tried so far, some even made things worse and took a lot for me to uninstall and reinstall and setup back to original settings. I'm also turning off my AV and firewalls just to make sure that's not the issue but doesn't help. Any clues?

[@comicguyenator]

Thank you!!! It worked. Thought it was my printer. You saved me a lot of time and hassle!!! Woohoo!! Thank you again!!

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[@mariazitasomera1478]

Thank you so much your such a great instructor 💗

[@michelleaugustinas8316]

Hey! What is the thing you typed in about system root and spoilers? I couldn't see it super well.

[@jodyjohnson9871]

Oh my gosh, that was so helpful! What would people like me do without people like you???

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[@jodyjohnson9871]

@@MDTechVideos Okay, so my printer is driving me crazy! I did follow your instructions, and my printer started working again. But every time I run out of paper and put more paper in, I get the same problem: My print job won't print because it still says the printer is out of paper. Now I'm trying to follow your instructions again, but after I type net stop spooler, it says access denied because of a system error. Ugh!

[@alaamohamed8771]

after i copied this code and press enter it told me the process cant access the file because it is being used by another process please answer me what should i do and thanks

[@dariusghinea9040]

Sir, i don't know how to thank you, you are the best person in the world!!

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[@raz8543]

Thank you so much, bro you help me more than any of my seniors

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Thanks a million - this fixed a problem that was driving me crazy! I've sent you a small contribution via PayPal.

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[@activemanisha0707]

Thank you very much sir..its working thanks alot

[@helenwoo8072]

You are a genius!! Thank you so much....

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[@kasillin4372]

Thank you so much!!! This solved my problem😭😭😭 Although still can’t believe I have to do all this JUST to stop a printing job in 2020

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[@DarioDIAGO]

Thank you very much! super helpful

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[@bonniebrouillette4711]

Thank you! Worked like a charm!

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[@hollidaywoodcrafts7555]

Boom that was not hard thank you for making it easy for none tech people

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[@MicheleRamli]

THANKS!!!! Problem solved.

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[@tasnimunicaremedicalbd2542]

Thanks a lot.. Solved my problem. It's working

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[@kaikeliste]

Thank you so much!🙏🏻

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[@khairuliksan6230]

Thank you, Verry Help full

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[@StevenRajkumar]

Super useful!

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[@varunpratapsingh5169]

thank you very much sir

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[@rudolphklanseck8697]

The issue can be resolved as you demonstrated. However, the issue returns time and time again with my HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus printer. The issue repeats quite frequently and is about certain to occur with a set of multiple print files. Apple OS computers on the network do NOT have the issue. It is exclusive a Windows 10 OS issue. What is wrong with the Windows 10 OS and how can the print spooler issue be resolved? I would like to remedy the issue once and for all, not every time I print on the sole Windows-based computer on my network.

[@khairfadisham7071]

Same thing for me. I hope someone help me solve it.

[@MahipalYadavmahii]

Same here.

[@jenniferwilliams545]

same for me

[@thcrtn]

What about sluggish printing? Like the act of the printer head moving slower and stopping like it has to think, especially with no alterations to the printer or settings

[@swgdsm]

Just type net start spooler instead of going through the services screen

[@wanderboy4384]

Thank you!

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Glad it helped!

[@windrivermicrobes4403]

It helped after I downgraded from Windows 11 to Windows 10. Now the spooler is quitting again. Do I have to enter the command every time I need to print something, or is there another problem I may be having?

[@4297moflo]

cannot locate component services on my Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Series. I need help from this point forrward. Thanks, Marie

[@williamcowan4936]

system 5 error has occured. access denied.

[@imanoob9370]

Make sure you right click command prompt and run it as administrator. This will probably solve it.

[@jandssfamilyvlog5566]

Mine too access denied

[@bijikuda2371]

@@imanoob9370 bro, you are the best. I *run it as administrator*

[@anupamagupta8782]

thanks a lot man

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[@GrlsGme2oo]

@MDTechVideos When I get into the print spooler services it's all greyed out I can't "start" it it's set to automatic but it's all greyed out.

[@radnaut]

Will this work with a vp660 color label printer that’s run by windows 10??

[@lloydchristi9129]

What is the code to past on the command prompt line please.

[@juandelacruz.online]

Hi, i have a new Epson printer and it always automaticaly printing a garbage print page that contains these lines, POST/ ipp/print HTTP/1.1 Can u help me rerminated it?

[@mehulsharma1219]

Thanks a ton

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[@Justin--ze6qq]

i really need to remember to come back here everytime this happens. quick fix

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[@skyline_extra7613]

What if you don’t have command prompt in your computer? Do you install an app?

[@lippybrat]

If I have multiple computers wirelessly hooked to this printer do I need to do this on all of them or just one?

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If you can kindly elaborate, I will do my best to assist.

[@lippybrat]

I have four computers wirelessly hooked to the same printer. I cleared the print spool on one of the computers and it is still very slow. Do I need to clear the spool on the other three?

[@motech2022]

thanks for sharing

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[@fabulouzsamoan]

This worked for me! Thank you so much!!!

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[@muhammadzhaffranzulkipli1089]

Thank you bruh

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[@maiikeru4273]

It does work. Sheeesh! 😳😳 Even on windows 8.

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[@cornpopper4921]

Bostonian here. Worked like a chiaarm.

[@oggy.adityanath]

The problem I face is, sometimes my printer shows error in printing even though the page is not stuck. After which the printer starts printing again from page 1. Any solution for that?

[@nEeNa-wu4xl]

it says : "....0002.SPL The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process." what should i do? 😮

[@iimoh6630]

i had a problem , after i type this code : del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\* /Q it said : The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. i hope you can give me a solve for this situation

[@ytho3505]

Mine too. Printers sucks.

[@microsoftsarker]

thanks sir

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[@khoirulhuda4661]

Sangat bermanfaat

[@daphnearmstrong1226]

where do I find the link that you asked us to paste? I don't see it

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Very clearly in the description. And did I say "link" or command. Rewatch the video.

[@tobychuksugwu805]

if i send a job to my printer it prints multiple pages, more the the number of copies i requested. how do i solve this issue

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What client are you using to print from?

[@poojavashist4972]

It works well

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[@cristinejoypatungan5011]

it worked!🎉

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[@dorothyflemming3707]

Why is my laptop only printing a test page and nothin else only gives the option to save or cancel

[@NyRenalMD]

it started after a no paper error . Samsung ml2020 ( Hp provides driver for samsung) . i supplied paper no go printing. Checked spooler nothing stuck. I uninstal driver/software many times. Even did your step many times. See at the time it was very important i not restart my computer. Typically if the printer gets dysynchronous this helps. But i tried uninstalling and reinstalling before a reboot. Now the symptoms when printing. the document sees to whiz through fast through spooler ( nothing happens but i can quickly see the file blip in and out) typically the printer will pause power up make sounds and i can monitor it in the que as printing. The documents do not error , they go nowhere!!!! nothing to cancel. Im stumped. This printer works via usb and wifi mode with other printers. Im thning something with the spooler or usb to spooler. If you can fix ill contribute. thinking of using a off driver ( different driver) to see if it sets up in windows in a new directory with new services as a work around.

[@djcaine5304]

When I run the second command I get: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

[@hate5gang122]

The problems is coming again and again to my HP DESKJET 301 printer

[@mimekodesigngroup853]

Please explain WHY this happens? I have been printing professional corporate desktop and large scale documents since 1996 and I have never encounter such terrible printing problems as i have with Microsoft. I do not know how so many customers accept such low quality products from this company. Apple's Macintosh is used in the creative industry where Microsoft products would never be used. If professional had to deal with print connection issues like with Window's Apple would be out of business.

[@deanas.7627]

This did not work. How to I reverse what I typed?

[@anasshouaib7859]

After typing net stop spoiler I get a message access is denied. Please help

[@attwellpackaging3726]

what about without restarting. Restarting always works, but the whole point is, we didn't want to restart just to close a frozen print queue out.

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I would suggest it, unless it is some mission-critical server I don't see it being a problem for most people.

[@bassinbillRC5300]

I was overthinking my solution. There were two printers listed and the one that was offline in the listing I deleted that because right below it it said default. As soon as I deleted that one above it, the word default appear below the printer icon below it. I then closed out the printers and faxes dialog box. Restored my web browser and clicked print. Problem solved

[@ladypeppercar5197]

Did not work for me - my printer only prints slowly when I copy. It’s fine from my computers or phone.

[@teejeygaming3096]

It works only once, again the same problem arise when trying to print again.

[@glennvickie1]

Lord I hope you still replying to this I did everything you said to so but I get an error message The process can not access the file because it is being used by another process

[@angellawrencecruz3769]

right click command prompt and run it as administrator.

[@jenzie1615]

But the issue returns when i turn on printer the next time

[@twenty24twentyfour84]

Required to open the printer

[@canwetalk2808]

Where is the command end prompt at the end of the video? You went through that too fast

[@mrstictokbang6147]

What am I pasting?

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In the description.

[@chittukkuruvi6039]

I don’t no which file u copy

[@devonrampersad8109]

It's not working for me unfortunately

[@seansethi196]

Windows Print Spooler has been rat-trash for nearly 30 years.

[@PassionataDance]

should have just types net start spooler in the same command prompt

[@archanarani2710]

Help me please

[@KayXoXo4]

I did everything you said and now my brand new laptop won't turn back on 😳😳 HELP!!!!

[@thisissosad2177]

C:\WINDOWS\system32>del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\* /Q C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\printers\00003.SPL The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (wut is this HeLp)

[@alaamohamed8771]

same what should i do

[@thisissosad2177]

@@alaamohamed8771 I just reinstalled windows

[@alaamohamed8771]

@@thisissosad2177 ah ok thank you

[@codegl9237]

My option of printing suddenly disappeared. 🙃

[@InsideTheJoshMind]

Sounds like steps above an ID10T error 🤪

[@georgecabozzi4419]

the description u gave on your site is much differant on my desktop(HP) still need help

[@archanarani2710]

1:48 sec k bad samjh hi NAI aaya😥

[@Subratpatra0001]

YOU JUST RUINED MY LIFE BY TELLING LIE

[@WoutervanTiel]

F'en windows 10......

[@gummino4120]

are you indian your voice said that

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[@mr.paperbag713]

Fkin printer

[@Trendyrapslut]

Now my device manager is saying it's offline, when the printer is on. Printer worked flawlessly until I had my hard drive replaced. Now it was difficult to print (long wait time, slower printing). i've done everything. It hasn't been the same.

[@sapaoleo7247]

Thank you!

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