Clear Exchange 2013/2016/2019 Log & ETL Files
How to clean clean exchange LOG file run this script
Save as clearlog.ps1
Run as admin
Set-Executionpolicy RemoteSigned
$days=0
$IISLogPath="C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\"
$ExchangeLoggingPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\"
$ETLLoggingPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\ETLTraces\"
$ETLLoggingPath2="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\Logs"
Function CleanLogfiles($TargetFolder)
{
write-host -debug -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Cyan $TargetFolder
if (Test-Path $TargetFolder) {
$Now = Get-Date
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$days)
# $Files = Get-ChildItem $TargetFolder -Include *.log,*.blg, *.etl -Recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le "$LastWrite"}
$Files = Get-ChildItem "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*.log" -or $_.Name -like "*.blg" -or $_.Name -like "*.etl"} | where {$_.lastWriteTime -le "$lastwrite"} | Select-Object FullName
foreach ($File in $Files)
{
$FullFileName = $File.FullName
Write-Host "Deleting file $FullFileName" -ForegroundColor "yellow";
Remove-Item $FullFileName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | out-null
}
}
Else {
Write-Host "The folder $TargetFolder doesn't exist! Check the folder path!" -ForegroundColor "red"
}
}
CleanLogfiles($IISLogPath)
CleanLogfiles($ExchangeLoggingPath)
CleanLogfiles($ETLLoggingPath)
CleanLogfiles($ETLLoggingPath2)
Save as clearlog.ps1
Run as admin
Set-Executionpolicy RemoteSigned
$days=0
$IISLogPath="C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\"
$ExchangeLoggingPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\"
$ETLLoggingPath="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\ETLTraces\"
$ETLLoggingPath2="C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin\Search\Ceres\Diagnostics\Logs"
Function CleanLogfiles($TargetFolder)
{
write-host -debug -ForegroundColor Yellow -BackgroundColor Cyan $TargetFolder
if (Test-Path $TargetFolder) {
$Now = Get-Date
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$days)
# $Files = Get-ChildItem $TargetFolder -Include *.log,*.blg, *.etl -Recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le "$LastWrite"}
$Files = Get-ChildItem "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Logging\" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*.log" -or $_.Name -like "*.blg" -or $_.Name -like "*.etl"} | where {$_.lastWriteTime -le "$lastwrite"} | Select-Object FullName
foreach ($File in $Files)
{
$FullFileName = $File.FullName
Write-Host "Deleting file $FullFileName" -ForegroundColor "yellow";
Remove-Item $FullFileName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | out-null
}
}
Else {
Write-Host "The folder $TargetFolder doesn't exist! Check the folder path!" -ForegroundColor "red"
}
}
CleanLogfiles($IISLogPath)
CleanLogfiles($ExchangeLoggingPath)
CleanLogfiles($ETLLoggingPath)
CleanLogfiles($ETLLoggingPath2)