How to Clear the Printer Queue/Spooler In Windows 7/8/10

This tutorial will show you guys how to clear stuck print jobs.
Have you ever run into the situation where you try to print something and nothing happens? You wait for it to print, but the job doesn’t go through? There are a ton of reasons why a print job may not actually print, but one of the common causes is that the printer queue has a stuck print job.
This can happen for a number of reasons. Let’s say you tried to print something a few hours back, but the printer was off. You ended up not needing the document 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 didn’t get removed automatically, it will be behind that print job that never got printed.
Sometimes you can manually go in and delete the print job, but sometimes you just can’t get rid of it! In this type of case, you have to clear the print queue manually. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the steps to clear the print queue.
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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Hello sir, after I follow your guide line...it still stuck at one point...What i mean stuck is...My queue printing is stuck on the same size 1.76KB/0.97GB (Status: Spooling - Printing) Idk what to do now... 😭😭😭

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Diagnosis complete. Here are your results. Select Next to see more support options. Print Spooler test could not be completed. Device Manager test could not be completed. Port Match test could not be completed. Print jobs in Queue test could not be completed. Print Queue Test could not be completed. Printer Offline test could not be completed. Driver Check test could not be completed.

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Hi, followed all your instructions, I had 2 files which I deleted as instructed, but when I tried printing a single print it continues to print until the printer is turned off!? Any idea what to try next? Is there a setting in the Printers & Scanners page where I can adjust how many copies are required for that particular printer as I think I may have adjusted it by mistake previously?

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Even after I cleared spooler , I have have to repeatedly clear the spooler each time I print because otherwise the printer keeps printing same pages that I had cancelled before . Why does this happen? Your reply would be appreciated.

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Dear, I just got the issue of spooling, following your video but i have no files there is PRINTER folder and none of the file is hidden. Please guide. Thank you.

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How can i fix the problem if my printer is always printing the previous ordered documents without any instruction ?

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Had no luck opening the PRINTERS folder in Windows\System32\spooler (Not marked "shared') but simply stoping and restarting the print spooler in Services seems to have done the trick -- I was able to cancel four jobs in my Brother printer queue. Go figure?

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Is there any possibility of seeing what are all the pdf printed through a computer.

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After entering from System32, Spool to Printer then my Printers file isn't opening, I think I don't have permission to open how. How I would be able to open it? Please, help?

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We got stuck at the part where it says printer we double click and nothing happens to the folder what do we do