The system event log stored on a remote or local computer can only be deleted if you have permission to modify the registry. With such a deletion, the file with its contents is first erased, and then all sources from the registry.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - system administration skills.
Instructions
Step 1
Log in as an administrator. To do this, you need your current user to be a member of the Administrators group, or obtain the appropriate authority by delegating. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group can perform this procedure. However, to ensure security, use the "Run As" command.
Step 2
Go to the main menu to delete events from the log, for this click on the "Start" button, select the "Control Panel" command, double-click on the "Administrative Tools" icon. In this window, select the "Event Viewer" icon and double-click on it, or press the Enter button.
Step 3
Open the "Event Viewer" window. In the tree of this console, select the log you want to clear. Go to the "Action" menu, select the "Erase all events" option. To save the log before clearing, click on the "Yes" button. If the log is stored in a file, it cannot be cleared this way. To clear the log, you must delete the file in which it is stored.
Step 4
Delete event log entries in Windows 7. To do this, go to the main menu and select "Control Panel", then select the "Administrative Tools" option from the panel components. Next, select the "Event Viewer" administrative command.
Step 5
Next, open the "MMC Management Console", to do this, click on the "Start" button, enter Mmc in the search field, press Enter. In the Console menu, select the Add or Remove Snap-in option, or press the Crtl + M key combination. In the dialog box select "Event Viewer", Click "Add", then "Finish" and "OK".
Step 6
Click Start, Run, type Eventvwr.msc. Then go to the Action menu and the Clear log command. To save after cleaning, select "Save and Clean". Enter a file name and click on the "Save" button.
