# How to Clear System Log

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-clear-system-log/15349>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 14, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-clear-system-log/15349 "2017-09-14T23:10:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![vitor.dasilva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@vitor.dasilva](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vitor.dasilva)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-clear-system-log/15349/1 "2017-09-14T23:10:07Z")

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Greetings!

we are about to deploy our development machine into production and I’d like to clear the system log prior to doing so.  
Is is as simple as deleting the Ignition\logs\system\_logs.idb file? There are also several wrapper.log.x files so not sure of implications.

thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-clear-system-log/15349/2 "2017-09-14T23:14:30Z")

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Yes, all you have to do is clear the system\_logs.idb; the wrapper.log files are purely informational and not tied to anything else in Ignition (though you can delete them as well). You will need to restart the gateway to re-generate the system\_logs.idb file.