Clean old spooled documents.

Published: Sep 15, 2022 by Bertland Hope

Requirements:

Must run as administrator

Batch File Execution

echo Stopping print spooler.
echo.
net stop spooler
echo Deleting old print jobs...
echo.
FOR %%i IN (%systemroot%\system32\spool\printers\*.*) DO DEL %%i
echo Starting print spooler.
echo.
net start spooler

PowerShell Execution

$Date = (Get-Date).AddHours(-2)

Stop-Service spooler
Sleep 5
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS" | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $Date } | Remove-Item -Verbose
Start-Service spooler