Fix for Cannot remove or delete network printer

If you are at work or have a home network setup you may have a network printer. However if you moved your computer or changed printers removing it may be difficult. Then when you try to remove it you get this message: “Cannot delete network printer”. So now you have a printer that doesn`t work.  There is a way to fix this by editing the registry.

Remove network printers from Windows using registry

Click on the start menus –> Run and type regedit and press ok. Now you will open Registry Editor.

Got to this Part of your registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER --> Printers --> Connections
Now you will see a list of the printers with the server name
the a comma and the printer name



Select the printer and delete it by expanding it
and deleting the printer server key. However you aren`t done yet.

You have to delete it in one more place in the registry. 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE –-> SYSTEM –-> CurrentControlSet –-> Control –->
Print –-> Providers --> LanMan Print Services –-> Servers --> Printers

Under the printers key you should be able to see the printer server and delete it