How To Scrubbing PC Logs Via CMD | Command Prompt

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I’m going write how to Scrubbing PC logs via CMD (Command Prompt)

Simple commands using CMD to remove your system logs that everyone might not know.

Delete previous DNS server

ipconfig /flushdns

Purges the contents of the NetBIOS name cache

nbtstat -R

Clear File explorer history and dialog box history

Del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent*
Del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations*
Del /F /Q %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations*
REG Delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RunMRU /VA /F
REG Delete HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TypedPaths /VA /F

CBS.log file records entries when a static file changes.

del “C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CbsPersist*.cab” /s /f /q
del “C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CbsPersist*.log” /s /f /q
del “C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\Cbs*.log” /s /f /q

Clear Windows Events logs

for /F “tokens=*” %1 in (‘wevtutil.exe el’) DO wevtutil.exe cl “%1”
pause>null

Enjoy!

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