How to Change the Default Printer on Windows 11

What you need: A Windows 11 computer, a printer you have used with this computer, and that printer's name. The default printer is the one Windows normally chooses for you.

1. Click Start (the Windows logo) on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
2. Type Settings, then click Settings in the search results to open it.
3. Click Bluetooth & devices on the left, then click Printers & scanners.
4. Find your printer's name in the list. If it is not listed, close Settings using the X in its upper-right corner and stop here.
5. Scroll down to Printer preferences. Make sure Let Windows manage my default printer is Off. Click its switch if it is On.
6. Scroll back to the printer list and click your printer's name.
7. Click Set as default near the printer's name.
8. Check that the printer's status now says Default.

Expected result: Your chosen printer is marked Default.