When you log in to your computer again, double-click to open and confirm. To make it easy, click on File and save it. You might like to reboot your computer once to make sure.Īfter reboot is complete, it’s a good idea to come back and check if the printer driver is removed or not. Once done this, your driver is completely removed. To remove any of the driver, select, right click and delete.
Here you will see all the drivers listed. Now go back to MMC Console, Expand the Print Management Tree on the left and go to Printer Servers > Your Computer Name > Drivers. You will also see the Printer Management Item listed on the right-hand pane. You should now see your computer name listed under Print Servers. Here you get the option to add printer servers but for this situation click on Add the Local Server. As soon as you click on Add, a pop-up window will open. Select Printer Management from left and click on Add. MMC can also be used to create a customized control panel where you can choose which control panel item should be available. 
In case your account is not an admin account, take help of someone. However, if you cannot find your driver/printer software on the list, MMC is the only option with which you are left. The first method works for every version of Windows. 2] Using the MMC (Microsoft Management Console) Next time when you connect the printer again, Windows update will download it or will use a generic print driver. Make sure to keep the printer disconnected.
If you find that in the list, select and uninstall with a right click.Īpart from uninstalling the Printer Software, it will also remove the printer driver. Now if you know your printer name, type in the name in the search box on the top right. It will list down all the programs installed on your computer. In the Start Menu, type Control Panel, and open when it appears. 
Via the MMC or Microsoft Management Console. How to completely remove printer driver from Windows 10/8/7 Though I wish that an option was given to me that helped me in removing the driver also, that’s not that case. Though it removes the printer from the list, the drives stay back. Windows 7 gives you a straightforward option to delete a printer by just selecting and choose Remove printer when you right click. Now before I get into details of it lets us understand one thing. To do that there are one or two ways, depending on which works for you nicely. Sometimes when you install or update the printer driver, it does not work correctly for some reason, and the only way is to remove printer driver which was installed before and install fresh.
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