Windows 7: Event Viewer One Click Clear

Zardoc · 19 Sep 2009

How to Clear the Windows 7 Event Viewer with One Click

...

Click here to read the entire tutorial

Last edited by Brink; 03 Nov 2011 at 10:12 PM..

Zardoc · 27 Oct 2009

Someone seems to know code better than I do.

Seems to work (I say that because I don't understand the code)

Let's say you don't want to have to press exit key every time. We can modify this way

Code:

@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %%V IN ('bcdedit') DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :do_clear "%%G")
echo.
echo goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
exit

Nice. I'll try it a while and check.

chicane · 29 Oct 2009

I am logged in as administrator and I keep getting access is denied error when trying to clear out my event logs. Why?

I have tried this script, the command prompt, the event viewer doesn't event have a clear function available. Can anyone help?

Zardoc · 30 Oct 2009

Hi and welcome to the forums.

Even if you are logged in as administrator you must right click the command and choose run as administrator for it to work.

Nobax · 20 Nov 2009

Thanks..!

derekimo · 20 Nov 2009

Wow, Thank's Zardoc, That is a major timesaver!

Zardoc · 21 Nov 2009

Pleasure dude.

Give rep if you like.

derekimo · 21 Nov 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Zardoc

Pleasure dude.

Give rep if you like.

I Like, and I did + rep.

Zardoc · 21 Nov 2009

Thanks Derek.

Happy you like it.

RandyD123 · 31 Jan 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by lightningltd

This is an even shorter script to clear the event logs and will cover new logs as well as the current ones (Don't remember who I got it from, but works fantastically):

Attachment 33164
OR you could also paste the following into a new batch file:

@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %%V IN ('bcdedit') DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :do_clear "%%G")
echo.
echo Event Logs have been cleared! ^<press any key^>
goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
echo You must run this script as an Administrator!
echo ^<press any key^>
:theEnd
pause>NUL

This is way better than the first batch file that was posted!!!! Thanks lightningltd!!!

Zardoc · 01 Feb 2010

Thanks Randy, but if you read the whole post, I have a modified one in shorter than that and it does the same job.

Windows 7: Event Viewer One Click Clear

Event Viewer One Click Clear problems?