How to view and clear task history in Task Scheduler in Windows 11/10

Task Scheduler is a tool that comes with the system window and allows users to create a task that can be scheduled to be executed automatically when an event is triggered.

For example, the software will automatically update as it is triggered when any updates are available.

If you want to know how many times or when this task was executed, you need to first enable task history for the specific task in your system's Task Scheduler application. It helps you analyze more about your scheduled tasks.

In this article, you will learn how to enable task history in Windows 11 system, as well as view and clear task history.

How to Enable and View Task History in Task Scheduler in Windows 11

Step One: First let’s see how to enable the Task History feature in Task Scheduler.

To do this, you need to open by pressing the Windows key and typing Task Scheduler and pressing Enter key Task Scheduler on the system.

Step 2: Once the Task Scheduler window opens, make sure to click Task Scheduler (Local) on the left and then click # on the right ##Enable all task historyTo enable the history of tasks, as shown in the figure below.

Step 3: Now that it is enabled, you can go to Task Scheduler## by clicking on it

Task Scheduler## below Program (Local) #Library. Step 4: You will then see all the tasks listed in the middle of the window as shown below.

Step 5: Select the task you want and

right click

on it. Step 6: Then click on

Properties

from the context menu as shown below.

Step 7: In the task's properties window, click the "

History" tab at the end to view the task's history, and then click "

OK" to close it as shown below.

Step 8: Now, if any user wants to clear the history of a particular task, then

How to delete using Event Viewer in Windows 11 /Clear Task History

Step 1: Open the

Event Viewer application

on your system by pressing the Windows key and typing event viewer . Step 2: Press

Enter

to open the Event Viewer application.

# Step 3: Then navigate to the operation log file via the path given below.

事件查看器（本地）/应用程序和服务日志/Microsoft/Windows/TaskScheduler/Operational

Step 4: Once you reach the

Operational

log file, right-click it and select Clear Log from its context menu as shown in the image below .

Step 5: Once completed, you can close the Event Viewer application on your system.

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