Changing Your Default Printer - Windows 11

 

  1. Click the Start menu icon (located at the bottom left or bottom center of your computer screen).
     
  2. In the Search for apps, settings, and documents field, type printers (or printers and scanners).


     
  3. In the Best match list, select Printers & scanners.
     
  4. A list of all the printers that are currently mapped on your computer will be shown.  The printer that is marked with the Default notation is your default printer.


     
  5. To make a printer your default printer, scroll down the Printers and Scanners window and look the Printer Preferences section.  You should see an option that says Let Windows manage my default printer.  Make sure that this option is set to Off.


     
  6. Click the printer in your list.  You should now see an option for Set as default -- click on it to allow it to be your default printer.



    The printer should now show that it is the default.

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