Clear a jammed print queue by recycling the Print Spooler and wiping the spool directory.
Caution: this stops the Print Spooler and deletes files under spool\printers.
Stop the Print Spooler service
net stop spoolerDelete spool files
del %systemroot%\System32\spool\printers\* /Q /F /SStart the service
net start spoolerUpdated:
2026 Aug 19

