If you’re like me, you probably install printers on your Windows PC whenever you need to print something when you’re not at home. This is fine, but I recently noticed I had 10 printers installed that I never use because they were one-time printers installed while traveling. I also realized that just because you delete a printer from Devices and Printers, it doesn’t mean the printer driver gets removed from Windows. Being a computer geek, I like to make sure my system is clean with no extra junk that’s not needed. So I decided to get rid of all the printer drivers that I am no longer using. You can do this in Windows 7/8/10 by going to Print Management.
Click Start and type in print management. This will bring up the Print Management dialog. Now in order to properly delete a driver from Windows, you first have to make sure the driver is not being used by any printers. Before we get to that, first click on Print Servers in the left-hand dialog, then the computer name, then click on Drivers. This is the list of all print drivers installed on your system. First figure out which one you want to delete. Before you can delete it, you will need to click on Printers in the left-hand tab and right-click on the printer that is using the driver you want to delete.
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