Prevent deletion of printers

Policy ID
NoDeletePrinter
Scope
User Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows 2000
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Control Panel › Printers

Description

If this policy setting is enabled, it prevents users from deleting local and network printers.

If a user tries to delete a printer, such as by using the Delete option in Printers in Control Panel, a message appears explaining that a setting prevents the action.

This setting does not prevent users from running other programs to delete a printer.

If this policy is disabled, or not configured, users can delete printers using the methods described above.

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