Right-click the printing job to delete and click "Cancel." When prompted, click "Yes" to confirm. Click the "Printer" button and click "Cancel All Documents" to delete the entire printing queue.

When a print job fails, the job sometimes remains in the queue, and that can slow your business's work to a halt. Powering the printer off and then back on will clear the queue for most printers ...

So you try to cancel or delete the job–and, again, nothing happens. Even after you reboot the PC, the failed print jobs sit there in the queue, taunting you.

Ever tried canceling a print job in Windows but feel like it takes ages before anything actually happens? It's a common annoyance, and one that helpful Reddit user Shikyo explains and remedies ...