Windows 计算机允许您在不同时间连接大量打印机(Printers)。多年来，将打印机应用程序安装到您的计算机中的过程已经变得非常方便。但是，在任何给定时间，您的计算机真正需要保持连接的打印机只有这么多。每次安装打印机时，它都会保留在那里，直到您手动删除它。即使您决定移除打印机，您设备的内存也会存储其驱动程序，以防将来再次安装它。今天我将与您分享各种方法，您可以通过这些方法将打印机与计算机永久断开链接。
如何在Windows 10中删除(Windows 10)打印机(Printer)
有几种方法可以卸载Windows计算机上的打印机，因此我将讨论其中的五种：
- 通过设置
- 通过控制面板
- 使用打印服务器属性
- 使用命令提示符
- 通过注册表编辑器。
1]使用设置卸载打印机
- 打开您的 Windows 设置。
- 在这些类别中，您会找到一个名为“设备(Devices)”的类别。点击(Click)它。
- 滚动(Scroll)浏览左侧的选项并选择“打印机和扫描仪”。在那里，您将找到迄今为止已安装到您的计算机中的所有打印机和扫描仪的列表。
- 单击(Click)您要卸载的那个，您将看到一个“删除设备”选项。
一直到这里对于大多数人来说都可以完成这项工作，但如果您使用第三方应用程序来运行这些打印机，您也必须摆脱它。这可以通过以下方式完成：
- 从“设置(Settings)”中选择“应用程序(Apps)”。
- 点击“应用程序和功能”
- 选择软件并卸载。
相关(Related)：Windows 10 中的应用程序隔离功能(Application Isolation feature in Windows 10)将应用程序与打印机(Printer)驱动程序隔离开来。
2]使用控制面板(Control Panel)卸载打印机(Uninstall Printer)
- 通过在计算机的搜索窗格中键入 so打开控制面板。(Control Panel)
- 转到“硬件和声音”类别。
- 单击(Click)“设备(Device)和打印机”选项。
- 在这里，右键单击要卸载的打印机，然后从随后出现的下拉菜单中单击“删除设备”。
如果您也选择使用此方法断开打印机链接，则应按照上述有关卸载任何打印机相关软件的步骤进行操作。
3]使用打印服务器属性(Print Server Properties)卸载打印机(Uninstall Printer)
有时，即使在通过您的设备设置卸载打印机后，您仍然可以在当前或以前与您的计算机链接的打印机中看到它。在这种情况下，您可以使用设备的打印服务器(Print Server) 属性(Properties)来删除打印机。
- 打开计算机的设置并导航到“设备(Devices)”。
- 在左侧的相关设置下，您会看到一个名为“打印服务器属性”的选项。
打开打印服务器属性(Print Server Properties,)的另一种方法，也是一种相当快速的方法，是打开“运行”执行并键入以下内容并按 Enter：
printui /s /t2
无论如何回来，单击打印服务器属性(Print server properties)链接将打开一个单独的对话框，列出不同的属性。选择“驱动程序”设置。
然后它将显示存储在您计算机库存中的所有打印机。
单击(Click)要卸载的那个，然后按框底部的“删除”。
- 现在，您将有一个选择；仅删除驱动程序或驱动程序包。选择适合您的，然后单击“确定”。
4]使用命令提示符(Command Prompt)卸载打印机(Uninstall Printer)
您还可以使用Windows 命令提示符(Windows Command Prompt)从设备中删除打印机。
- 选择Start并在搜索Command Prompt后，以管理员身份运行它。
- 键入以下命令以获取存储在计算机内存中的打印机列表，然后按“Enter”。
wmic printer get name
- 继续键入以下命令并将“打印机名称”替换为您要卸载的打印机的名称，因为它在使用上述提示生成的列表中提到。按 Enter(Press Enter)完成该过程。
printui.exe /dl /n "Printer Name"
如果您的已删除打印机不断重新出现(Deleted Printer keeps reappearing)，这应该会有所帮助。
5]使用注册表编辑器(Registry Editor)卸载打印机(Uninstall Printer)
Windows 注册表(Windows Registry)是 Windows 设置数据库的集合。大多数软件程序和硬件的设置都存储在此Windows 注册表中。(Windows Registry)注册表编辑器(Registry Editor)是进行编辑或扫描现有程序设置的门户。这也可用于从 Windows 10 PC 卸载打印机。
- 在运行(Run)命令中，键入 regedit.exe 并按回车键打开注册表编辑器(Registry Editor)。
- 为了找到与您的计算机链接的打印机，请输入以下键。
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Printers\Roamed
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
- 这将有助于向您显示打印机列表，您可以从中右键单击特定打印机并单击“删除”。
您可以按照其他几种方法从计算机上卸载打印机，例如使用PowerShell或打印管理(Print Management)设置，所有这些都与上述方法一样好。
希望你觉得这篇文章有用。
How to completely remove a Printer in Windows 10
Windows computers allow you to connect with numerous Printers at different times. The process of installing a printer application into your computer has evolved to become very convenient over the years. But, at any given time, there are only so many printers that your computer really needs to stay hooked on. Each time you install a printer, it stays there until you manually get rid of it. Even after you decide on removing the printer, your device’s memory stores its driver in case it is ever installed again in the future. Today I will be sharing with you various methods by which you can permanently delink printers from your computer.
How to remove a Printer in Windows 10
There are several ways in which you can go about uninstalling a printer on a Windows computer, so I will be discussing five of them:
- Via Settings
- Via the Control Panel
- Using Print Server Properties
- Using the Command Prompt
- Through the Registry Editor.
1] Uninstall Printer using Settings
- Open up your Windows settings.
- Among the categories, you’ll find one named ‘Devices’. Click on it.
- Scroll through the options on the left side and choose ‘Printers and Scanners.’ There, you’ll find the list of all printers and scanners that have, to date, been installed into your computer.
- Click on the one you wish to uninstall, and you will be presented with a ‘remove device’ option.
Following through till here would do the job for most people out there, but in case you are using a third-party application to run these printers, you will have to get rid of it too. This can be done by:
- Selecting ‘Apps’ from the ‘Settings’.
- Click on ‘Apps and Features
- Select the software and uninstall.
Related: Application Isolation feature in Windows 10 isolates applications from Printer drivers.
2] Uninstall Printer using Control Panel
- Open Control Panel by typing so on your computer’s search pane.
- Go to the ‘Hardware and Sound’ category.
- Click on the option that says ‘Device and Printers’.
- Here, right-click on the printer you want to uninstall, and from the subsequent drop-down that will appear, click on ‘Remove device’.
You should follow the aforementioned steps regarding the uninstallation of any printer-related software if you choose to delink printers using this method too.
3] Uninstall Printer using Print Server Properties
There may, at times, be a case where even after uninstalling a printer through your device settings, you are still seeing it among the printers currently or previously linked with your computer. In such a scenario, you can make use of your device’s Print Server Properties to remove a printer.
- Open your computer’s settings and navigate to ‘Devices.’
- On the left, under related settings, you’ll see an option by the name ‘print server properties.’
Another way, and a rather quick one, of opening Print Server Properties, is to open the ‘Run’ execution and type the following and hit Enter:
printui /s /t2
Anyway coming back, clicking on the Print server properties link will open a separate dialog box enlisting different properties. Choose the ‘Drivers’ settings.
It will then show all the printers stored in your computer’s inventory.
Click the one you want to uninstall and press ‘Remove’ from the bottom of the box.
- Now, you’ll be given a choice; to either only remove the driver or the driver package along with it. Select the one suitable to you and click ‘OK.’
4] Uninstall Printer using Command Prompt
You can also make use of the Windows Command Prompt to remove a printer from your device.
- Select Start and after searching for the Command Prompt, run it as administrator.
- Type out the following command to get a list of printers that are stored in your computer’s memory and press ‘Enter’.
wmic printer get name
- Proceed by typing out the following command and replace ‘Printer Name’ with the name of the printer you want to uninstall as it is mentioned in the list generated using the above prompt. Press Enter to complete the process.
printui.exe /dl /n "Printer Name"
This should help if your Deleted Printer keeps reappearing.
5] Uninstall Printer using Registry Editor
The Windows Registry is the collection of Windows Settings’ databases. It is in this Windows Registry that the settings of most software programs and hardware are stored. The Registry Editor is the gateway to making edits or scanning the existing program settings. This, too, can be used to uninstall printers from your Windows 10 PC.
- In the Run command, type regedit.exe and press enter to open the Registry Editor.
- In order to locate the printers linked with your computer, enter the following key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Printers\Roamed
- Use the following key, then.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers
- This will help present you with the list of printers, from where you can right-click the particular printer and click ‘Delete.’
There are several more methods you can follow in order to uninstall printers from your computers like using the PowerShell or the Print Management settings, all of which are just as good as the aforementioned ones.
Hope you find the post useful.
