PowerShell/docs/remove-print-jobs.md

The remove-print-jobs.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script removes all print jobs from all printer devices.

Parameters

/home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/remove-print-jobs.ps1 [<CommonParameters>]

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./remove-print-jobs

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Removes all jobs from all printers
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script removes all print jobs from all printer devices.
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./remove-print-jobs
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

#Requires -Version 4

try {
	$printers = Get-Printer
	if ($printers.Count -eq 0) { throw "No printer found" }
		
	foreach ($printer in $printers) {
		$printjobs = Get-PrintJob -PrinterObject $printer
		foreach ($printjob in $printjobs) {
			Remove-PrintJob -InputObject $printjob
		}
	}

	"✅ all print jobs removed"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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