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Clear entire print queue in OS X with a Terminal command

If you need to clear your entire print queue in Mac OS X for whatever reason, there is a simple terminal command you can type to do the job.

Simply:

  1. Launch Terminal
  2. Type cancel -a -
  3. Success!

All print jobs in the print queue should now be gone!

I have only tested this in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. I assume it will work in 10.4 Tiger as well.


1 Comment
  1. Greg F. 7/28/2008, 9:44 pm

    awesome!!! Thanks!


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