According to these reports, the HP Smart App is automatically installed on some Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices via the Microsoft Store, even though users don't own or use an HP printer or an HP ...

The Microsoft Printer Metadata Troubleshooter Tool will rename your printer to its correct name and uninstall the HP Smart app.

The HP Smart app allows users to manage HP printers and is usually installed on HP PCs. It's certainly not supposed to appear on PCs that aren't connected to an HP device such as a printer.

If the HP Smart App is not opening, working, or detecting the printer, use the Diagnose and Fix button and see. More suggestions in this post.

Some users of HP Printer and HP Smart app are facing an issue. Their Wi-Fi printer setup using USB is failing with the HP Smart app on Windows 11. In this guide, we have a few fixes for the issue.