Now you have the knowledge to clear stubborn print queues with confidence—all from a single line in Command Prompt. Last updated: February 2025 – Works on Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2016/2019/2022.
:: Restart the spooler net start spooler net stop spooler cmd
:: Stop the spooler service net stop spooler :: Delete all pending print jobs del /Q /F /S "%systemroot%\System32\spool\PRINTERS*.*" Now you have the knowledge to clear stubborn
net start spooler Here’s a complete script that technicians use to fix print queue problems: net stop spooler cmd