{"id":328,"date":"2024-06-19T02:35:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.garrettware.com\/?p=328"},"modified":"2025-02-15T01:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T09:20:04","slug":"clear-old-combat-logs-from-swtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.garrettware.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/19\/clear-old-combat-logs-from-swtor\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Old Combat Logs from SWTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you parse combat while playing SWTOR using Orbs (Old Republic: Battle Parse)<\/a> or StarParse<\/a>, you may have a buildup of old combat logs. StarParse<\/a> & Orbs give warnings about the number and size of logs in the combat log folder, but it doesn’t delete old entries for you. I wrote a small PowerShell script that is run daily via Task Scheduler that deletes combat logs older than a number of days. I use 7 days myself, but it could even be 1 day because I’ve never gone back and looked at a log that old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

# Define the folder path and the age threshold (in days)\n$folderPath = \"C:\\Path\\to\\your\\CombatLogs\"\n$daysThreshold = 7\n\n# Get the current date and calculate the threshold date\n$currentDate = Get-Date\n$thresholdDate = $currentDate.AddDays(-$daysThreshold)\n\n# Get all files in the folder older than the threshold date\n$filesToDelete = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $thresholdDate }\n\n# Delete each file\nforeach ($file in $filesToDelete) {\n    try {\n        Remove-Item -Path $file.FullName -Force\n        # (optional) Write-Output \"Deleted file: $($file.FullName)\"\n    } catch {\n        Write-Output \"Failed to delete file: $($file.FullName). Error: $_\"\n    }\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
$folderPath<\/strong>:  Your combat logs are typically located in your Documents folder, specifically: “C:\\Users\\[username]<\/mark>\\OneDrive\\Documents\\Star Wars – The Old Republic\\CombatLogs”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$daysThreshold<\/strong>:  The number of days to keep combat logs before deletion<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Running the Script Daily<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To run this script daily, you can create a scheduled task in Windows Task Scheduler:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Open Task Scheduler<\/strong>: 
    You can find it by searching for “Task Scheduler” in the Windows start menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Create a New Task<\/strong>:\n