How can I remove multiple printers at once in Windows 7

Question

Is there a way to remove multiple printers or devices at once? In XP you can select multiple and hit 'delete', but I can't do that in win7. The only thing I can do is right-click and click "remove device" in the "Devices and Printers" folder

And I can only do that for 1 printer at a time. Is there a way to do this for multiple printers?

Answer 1

To delete multiple printers at once, open the console as admin and run:

wmic printer where "Local='FALSE'" delete

Answer 2

I don't think that's possible with the default Devices and Printers control panel applet provided in Windows 7. You could give Device Remover a try though:

Features:

• In-Depth view of all installed Devices, Device Classes, Drivers and Services on a Windows System (Hidden, Detached, Current installed, Problematic Devices,etc,...)
• Easy On-The-Fly bulk removal of Devices from your System
• Modification/Manipulation of Devices, Drivers and Services on the System
• Live detailed View of Device Detections on the System
• Huge Device Problem solving Features and Functions
• Easy On-The-Fly Drivers, Registry Entries and Files Backup
• And many more use- and powerful Features,...