Devices Enable or Disable Keep Printed Documents in Print Queue for Printer in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to keep printed documents in the print queue of a printer for your account in Windows 11.

By default, when a print job has successfully finished printing, the printed document history will automatically get cleared for that print job.

You can turn on the "keep printed documents" setting for a printer to keep a list of your recently printed documents in the print queue for a printer. You can still manually clear the print queue at anytime though.




EXAMPLE: "Keep printed documents" turned on for print queue of printer










1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Printers & scanners on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3 Click/tap on the printer you want to turn on/off "Keep printed documents" for. (see screenshot below)


4 Click/tap on Printer properties. (see screenshot below)


5 Perform the steps below in Properties: (see screenshot below)

1. Click/tap on the Advanced tab.
2. Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Keep printer documents for what you want.
3. Click/tap on OK.

6 You can now close Settings if you like.

Print Management is not available in the Windows 11 Home edition.

1 Open Print Management (printmanagement.msc).

2 Expand Custom Filters in the left pane, and click/tap on All Printers. (see screenshot below step 3)

3 In the middle pane, double click/tap on the printer you want to turn on/off "Keep printed documents" for. (see screenshot below)


4 Perform the steps below in Properties: (see screenshot below)

1. Click/tap on the Advanced tab.
2. Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Keep printer documents for what you want.
3. Click/tap on OK.

5 You can now close Print Management if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink