EventLogSession.ClearLog Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader

Assembly:

System.Diagnostics.EventLog.dll

Clears events from the specified event log.

Overloads

Name	Description
ClearLog(String)	Clears events from the specified event log.
ClearLog(String, String)	Clears events from the specified event log, and saves the cleared events to the specified file.

ClearLog(String)

Source:

EventLogSession.cs

Clears events from the specified event log.

public:
 void ClearLog(System::String ^ logName);

public void ClearLog(string logName);

member this.ClearLog : string -> unit

Public Sub ClearLog (logName As String)

Parameters

logName

String

The name of the event log to clear all the events from.

ClearLog(String, String)

Source:

EventLogSession.cs

Clears events from the specified event log, and saves the cleared events to the specified file.

public:
 void ClearLog(System::String ^ logName, System::String ^ backupPath);

public void ClearLog(string logName, string backupPath);

member this.ClearLog : string * string -> unit

Public Sub ClearLog (logName As String, backupPath As String)

Parameters

logName

String

The name of the event log to clear all the events from.

backupPath

String

The path to the file in which the cleared events will be saved. The file should end in .evtx.