Can someone tell me how to delete Event Logs on Windows Server 2003? I have a number of application logs in the Event Viewer – how can these be removed?
I've tried disabling the Event Log service on startup and removing the physical .evt files from
C:\Windows\system32\config
But when I enable the Event Log service and reboot the files are returned.
Best Answer
Above info is for Windows XP (but should be applicable here too).
Go to regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Eventlog
and delete your custom log folder.To delete a specific log, see https://serverfault.com/q/8339/87017.