{"id":893,"date":"2009-04-23T20:31:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2025-02-28T19:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T13:58:37","slug":"clear-task-scheduler-history-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/clear-task-scheduler-history-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Clear Task Scheduler History in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Task Scheduler in Windows tracks events for each scheduled task when the task history option is enabled for the task. The task history can be viewed by opening the task properties and clicking the History tab.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78003\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/clear-scheduled-tasks-history-2.png\" alt=\"clear task scheduler history in event log\" width=\"750\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The entries are stored in the Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler event log. Use the instructions in this article to clear the history for all tasks.<\/p>\n<h2>Clear Task Scheduler History in Windows<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch the Event Viewer from the Start menu or by running the <b>eventvwr.msc<\/b> command.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the following branch in the Event Viewer:\n<pre>Event Viewer (Local)\/Applications and Services Logs\/Microsoft\/Windows\/TaskScheduler\/Operational<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click <b>Operational<\/b> and click <strong>Clear Log&#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click the <b>Clear<\/b> button.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/clear-scheduled-tasks-history.png\" alt=\"clear task scheduler history in event log\" width=\"750\" height=\"504\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On Windows 8, 10 and 11, you&#8217;ll also see a <strong>Maintenance<\/strong> category in the following location:\n<pre>Event Viewer (Local)\/Applications and Services Logs\/Microsoft\/Windows\/TaskScheduler\/Maintenance<\/pre>\n<p>That can be cleared in the same way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This erases the task scheduler history for all tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Task Scheduler in Windows tracks events for each scheduled task when the task history option is enabled for the task. The task history can be viewed by opening the task properties and clicking the History tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[779,581],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-event-viewer","tag-task-scheduler"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2735,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/event-id-414-task-misconfiguration-event-log\/","url_meta":{"origin":893,"position":0},"title":"How to Fix Event ID 414 Task Misconfiguration Errors in System Event Log?","author":"Ramesh","date":"April 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Task Scheduler may write Event ID 414 entries mentioning \"Task Scheduler service found a misconfiguration in the NT TASK\\task name\" in the System Event log. 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