Clear events from an event log and, optionally, back up cleared events. Usage: wevtutil { cl

Clear events from an event log and, optionally, back up cleared events.

Usage:

wevtutil { cl | clear-log }  [/OPTION:VALUE]


Name of log to clear. You can retrieve a list of log names by typing
wevtutil el.

Options:

You can use either the short (for example, /bu) or long (for example, /backup) 
version of the option names. Options and their values are not case-sensitive.

/{bu | backup}:VALUE
Backup file for cleared events. If specified, the cleared events will be saved
to the backup file. Include the .evtx extension in the backup file name.

Example:
 
The following example clears all the events from the Application log after saving 
them to C:\admin\backups\al0306.evtx.

wevtutil.exe cl Application /bu:C:\admin\backups\al0306.evtx

Class not registered' error received while trying to instantiate the replication provider for virtual machine '%1apos. Review ... Classic, Analytic and Debug event logs are easier to navigate and manipulate when converted to the new event log format. ... Classification is not supported on the specified reparse point. File Server Resource Manager does not recognize the reparse ... Classification properties will not be stored because a failure occurred while loading or classifying the file properties. ... Clear events from an event log and, optionally, back up cleared events. Usage: wevtutil { cl | clear-log } /OPTION:VALUE ... Clear history of recently opened documents on exit. If you enable this setting, the system deletes shortcuts to recently ... Clear the check boxes of any virtual hard disks (VHDs) that you do not want to replicate (for example, a VHD used for a dedicated ... Clear the specific DNS domain in which all KMS SRV records can be found. The specific KMS host will be used if set via /skms. ... Clear the TPM Clearing the TPM resets it to factory defaults. You will lose all created keys and data protected by those ...