How to remove a stuck print job in Windows 10

Command Prompt or the Services window will come into play.

Printers can be very finicky devices, especially when it comes to the print queue. Have you ever set a few items to print only to check the queue and see that a failed or stuck print job is holding up the entire process? Not only that, you can't delete or cancel the stuck print job from the queue, which is seriously frustrating.

To get the queue unglued and your documents printing again, here's how to cancel a stuck print job in Windows 10 when conventional methods won't work.

Before you begin

When you can't remove a print job from the printing queue window by right-clicking the stuck job and clicking Cancel, you can try restarting your PC. This will sometimes remove offending items from the queue. If conventional methods and restarting your PC doesn't clear the stuck job, move on to the next steps.

How to remove a stuck print job from the print queue

There are a couple of ways that you can stop and start the print spooler.

How to remove a stuck print job with Command Prompt

Using the Command Prompt to stop and start the Print Spooler should no doubt be the quickest way to get things done, though I will show you how to use the Services portion following these steps.

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