Delete printers or printer drivers in Windows 10/11 or Windows Server from Registry Editor

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Issues with printers or printer drivers messing up your server or client?

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Open regedit as an administrator

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Environments\Windows x64\Drivers

Under this key there will be the key Version-3 with sub-keys under it that contains the printer driver configuration information

Delete all the sub-keys inside Version-3

Open a Command Prompt window and key in the command net stop spooler

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\printers\ and delete any files there (By default, this is where the print spooler stores print files).

Navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\x64\3 and delete all of the files and sub-folders

Restart the print spooler in the Command Prompt window using the command net start spooler.

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