How to Disable Windows 10 System Log

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In Windows 10 Resource Monitor I found that the system process is constantly writing C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\wfp\wfpdiag.etl at like 30-100KB/s. This equals 1TB write/year which is not healthy for SSD. There are other log write like C:\Windows\System32\LogFiles*** too.

Although logs is needed for diagnostics, it's better to be turned on only when problem has already occured.

Is it possible to disable as much system logs as possible to decrease garbage write amoung to SSD?

Best Answer

By default, Windows has a huge number of log files, constantly writing data.

Two ways to stop some of this churning:

Stop logging "Audit Success" in Windows Filtering Platform (WFP), log only "Audit Failure"

  • Open the CMD prompt as Administrator: Press Windows, type cmd, press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and confirm.
  • Type (or copy/paste) the following and press Enter: auditpol /set /subcategory:"Filtering Platform Connection" /success:disable /failure:enable

If this succeeds, expect fewer events to be logged.

Disable individual logs Windows Event Viewer

  • Open the Windows Event Viewer: press WindowsR, type eventvwr.msc and press Enter.
  • Scroll down to Application and Service Logs, Microsoft, Windows, WFP.
  • Right-click on a log process and select Disable Log.

A useful tool to search the Event Logs by name is Nirsoft's Full Event Log View. Nirsoft's Full Event Log View

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