Clear Windows system log files

Overview

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Windows.

These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.

Caution: Mixed Risk Levels

Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:

• 🔴 Some not recommended scripts. They should only be used by advanced users. They may break important functionality.
• 🟢 Some safely recommended scripts. Safe-to use for any user.

Implementation Details

• Language: batch

• Scripts Count: 19 scripts

• Subcategories: 1

• Required Privileges: Administrator rights

• Compatibility: Windows only

• Reversibility: All changes can be reverted

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2. Search for the category name: Clear Windows system log files.
3. Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
4. Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

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Standard

Recommended for all users. It helps to improve privacy without affecting stability.

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All

Not recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. It provides military-grade privacy, for special use-cases. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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Reversible

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Standard

This script includes only Standard recommendation level.

Safe for General Use

Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.

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All

This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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Explore further

This category includes total of 19 scripts and 1 subcategories.

Explore its 14 subscripts and 1 subcategories:

Clear Windows Update system logs

This category configures Windows using 5 scripts. The category includes 5 subscripts.

Clear Optional Component Manager and COM+ components logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear "Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)" logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear logs for pending/unsuccessful file rename operations

This script is used to clear the log files created by Windows whenever there are pending file rename operations that are not successfully completed. The logged operations might include renaming, moving or deleting a file that is currently in use.

Clear Windows update installation logs

This script is used to clear the log files created during the Windows update installation process. This includes both the actions log ("setupact.log") and the error log ("setuperr.log"). These files contains information about initializing setup and typically used if setup fails to launch.

Clear Windows setup logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear "Windows System Assessment Tool ("WinSAT")" logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear password change events

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear user web cache database

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Clear directory contents :...".

Clear system temp folder when not logged in

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Clear directory contents :...".

Clear DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) system logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Delete files matching pattern:...".

Clear Windows update files

This script clears the contents of the "%SYSTEMROOT%\\SoftwareDistribution\\" directory. This action is sometimes called resetting the Windows Update Agent or resetting Windows Update components by Microsoft. This directory contains Windows Update files. It includes logs of Windows updates, downloaded updates, and database files related to the updates. Over time, the size of this folder can increase, leading to potential disk space issues. Clearing this directory can help free up disk space. T...

Clear Common Language Runtime system logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Clear directory contents :...".

Clear Network Setup Service Events system logs

This script configures Windows using Batch (batchfile). It runs ":: Clear directory contents :...".

Clear logs generated by Disk Cleanup Tool ("cleanmgr.exe")

This script is used to clear the log files generated by the Disk Cleanup Tool (cleanmgr.exe). These logs are generated when the Disk Cleanup Tool is used to free up disk space. Log files for this tool are stored in "C:\\Windows\\System32\\LogFiles\\setupcln\\". Erasing these logs can enhance user privacy by removing traces of the cleanup process. These logs are known to be used in forensic analysis.

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