How do I remove a printer from Windows 11? Microsoft includes a virtual printer on Windows 11, knows as Microsoft Print to PDF. Using this built-in printer, you can take save any webpage as a PDF. Apart from Windows 11, all modern browsers, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge, have an inbuilt feature that allows users to save any webpage as PDF. That means these browsers come with their own printer. When you press
The PDF printer list goes more longer if you install third-party PDF reader software, such as Adobe or Foxit. These PDF reader applications also come with their own printer. This means after using Windows 11 PC for some time; your printer list will be too long. You have to scroll through a long list to find your desired printer.
If you’re no longer using a particular printer, we recommend you remove it from your device. All the virtual printers are similar in nature and do the same job. So, there is no need to keep all of them on your PC. Why not should we remove unnecessary printers from our PC?
Windows 11 comes with a powerful tool Settings app. Using this setting app, you can quickly fire up undesired printers from the list.
How to Eliminate a Printer on Windows 11?
Step 1. Open the Settings app by pressing
Alternatively, press
Step 2. In the Settings, click on the
Step 3. On the right-side pane of Bluetooth & devices, click on the
Step 4. Here, you will see a list of printers installed on your computer and an option to add a new printer or scanner. Click on the Printer name that you no more require. For instance, we don’t want to see the PDF Architect 8 in our printer list and remove it.
Step 5. In the next window, click on the
Step 6. A new pop-up window will appear; click on the
After executing the above steps, the selected printer will not exist on your Windows 11 PC.