A stuck print job can ruin your day, especially when it refuses to be deleted by conventional methods.

Learn how to clear your printer queue, an important and sometimes necessary step, even after you've resolved more serious printer problems.

Clear the Printer Queue. If the issue causing the print spooler to fail is a stuck print job, you may need to cancel it and clear the printer queue. You can stop the print spooler service using ...

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Delete Job in Print Queue Click the Start button, then type "printer" into the search box. Click "Devices and Printers." Double-click the HP LaserJet printer icon to open the print queue.

So you try to cancel or delete the job–and, again, nothing happens. Even after you reboot the PC, the failed print jobs sit there in the queue, taunting you.

2. Add the services snap in for the particular computer, stop the service, navigate to \\workstation\c$\windows\system32\spool\printers from a run prompt and delete the print jobs fairly quickly.