How to disable Windows 10 system log

By default, Windows has a huge number of log files, constantly writing data.

Two ways to stop some of this churning:

Stop logging "Audit Success" in Windows Filtering Platform (WFP), log only "Audit Failure"

  • Open the CMD prompt as Administrator: Press Windows, type cmd, press Ctrl+Shift+Enter and confirm.
  • Type (or copy/paste) the following and press Enter: auditpol /set /subcategory:"Filtering Platform Connection" /success:disable /failure:enable

If this succeeds, expect fewer events to be logged.

Disable individual logs Windows Event Viewer

  • Open the Windows Event Viewer: press WindowsR, type eventvwr.msc and press Enter.
  • Scroll down to Application and Service Logs, Microsoft, Windows, WFP.
  • Right-click on a log process and select Disable Log.

A useful tool to search the Event Logs by name is Nirsoft's Full Event Log View. Nirsoft's Full Event Log View