Unable to delete printer windows 7 access denied

Learn how your comment data is processed. In the interests of transparency: this is an affiliate link. See my affiliate disclosure page for an explanation. Share this:. Excellent, worked like a charm. Thank you for posting. This is awesome! Thank you so much!! Seems to work and then it comes back while watching the printer folders any ideas. Worked like a charm. Thanks for getting straight to the point!

Easy as Pi not Raspberry …thanks for sharing. Thank you. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Miscellaneous. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 7 forum. Sign in to vote. Wednesday, June 3, AM. Tried system restore? Marked as answer by arnavsharma Sunday, June 14, PM. Hold shift and right click on printmanagement.

Then input the credentials of an account with domain or local admin access and you should be able to make changes. Just right-click the printer you want to remove, click delete and the popup confirmation box opens up. Do you have any issues after you delete the printer? In my experience I have to restart the print spooler whenever I delete a printer this way. Not that I recall, but it's probably a best practice anyway. Thanks for the input Mike, I appreciate it.

So I had the same problem the other day trying to remove a printer from Devices and printers but were unable to. How to remove a domain printer on Windows 7 when it tells you access is denied. I went about my business but after a while this got on my nerves and I scoured the web to find a way to resolve it.

After some searching though I figured out how to delete a printer from Windows 7 when it tells you that your access is denied. Go ahead and give yourself permission… check the checkboxes and then hit OK to save the settings. I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases I practice code fu. I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.