How To Remove a Printer and Add a New Printer (Windows 11):

In the search bar at the bottom of the screen, type “Printers and Scanners” and then click “Open”

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Find the printer you want to remove and click the arrow (using One Note printer as an example here):

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Click “Remove”

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Click “Add Device”

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A list of printers will populate.   Find the printer you want and click “Add Device”

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When you scroll back up to the top you will see that the the printer is connecting and being installed

It should now be available on your list of printers so you can print to it.

 

To set the printer as default, make sure “Let Windows Manage my default printer” is not checked. 

Then click on the printer you want and click “Set as Default.”  You can also print a test page here.

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