Clear-EventLog - Powershell 4.0 CmdLet

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Clear-EventLog

Short description
Deletes all entries from specified event logs on the local or remote computers.

Syntax


Description
The Clear-EventLog cmdlet deletes all of the entries from the specified event logs on the local computer or on remote 
computers. To use Clear-EventLog, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the affected computer.


The cmdlets that contain the EventLog noun (the EventLog cmdlets) work only on classic event logs. To get events from 
logs that use the Windows Event Log technology in Windows Vista and later versions of Windows, use Get-WinEvent.