Deleting Multiple Printers in Windows 7

Date October 12, 2012 Author By poster Category Windows 7

Problem:

All of the printers on my Windows 7 machine need to be deleted and reinstalled.  I must right-click each printer and delete it individually.  There are 15 printers and it takes forever.  With prior versions of Windows I could simply highlight them all, right-click, and delete them all at once.

Solution:

1. Click Start, type MMC in the Start Search box, and then click MMC in the Programs list
2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
3. In the Available snap-ins list, click Print Management, and then clickAdd. You may have to wait several seconds for the snap-in to be added.
4. In the Configure Print Management window, click “Add the Local Server”
5. Click Finish.
6. Click OK.
7. In the Print Management Snap-In expand Print Management, Print Servers, YourServer (local)
8. Click on Printers
9. In the list of printers you can now select and delete multiple printers at once

Tags: delete, printers, Windows 7