If the printer you removed from your computer still shows up in apps, you’re having a printer issue, and you can fix it by following the steps below.
- Right-click the Start menu and click the Run tab.
- Type regedit into the search box that opens.
- Regedit, that is, the Registry Editor, will open.
- When you enter the registry that opens, follow the path below.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Print > Printers
- When you click Printers, you will see below that the old printers have not been deleted from the registry.
- You can right-click on your old printer and select DELETE to delete it.
- Restart the computer.

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