This post shows students and new users steps to cancel a print job in Windows 11. When you print in Windows, what you print first goes to the print queue. In most cases, this goes pretty fast and you wouldn’t know if you’re only printing a few pages.
Once in a while, you may encounter errors with printing in Windows. This is usually the case when a job in the print queue fails to print and holds up other jobs. To start printing again, you may have to cancel the bad job for other jobs.
Windows allows users to view and cancel print jobs after starting by accessing the print queue via the notification area or the Windows Settings app.
Our previous post showed you how to view a print queue in Windows 11. You can find that post below:
How to view a print queue in Windows 11
Below is how one can cancel a print job in Windows 11.
How to cancel a print job in the printer queue in Windows 11
One can quickly access the print queue from the notification area in Windows 11. A printer icon is usually displayed in the Windows notification area or the taskbar corner overflow menu when a user prints in Windows.
Either from the taskbar area or the corner overflow menu, right-click on the printer icon, and select Open All Active Printers.
That will open the printer queue.
How to open printer queue from Windows Settings
If you do not see a printer icon on the Taskbar or corner overflow menu, use the Windows Settings app to open the printer queue. To do that, select the Start menu, then click on Settings.
On the Settings pane, click-click Bluetooth & devices ==> Printers & scanner as highlighted in the image below.
On the Printers & scanner settings pane, click the printer you sent to print the job from the list.
On the printer settings pane, select Open print queue to see what’s printing and the upcoming print order.
In the print queue, right-click on the print job you want to cancel and select Cancel.
Some print jobs may take a while to cancel. If the print job does not cancel in a few seconds, wait at least 15 seconds before trying again.
That should do it!
Conclusion:
This post showed you how to cancel a print job in Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to add.
