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No need for an application: a simple script can handle this.

If the drive is encrypted, using the native del /q would do. If the drive is not encrypted, you'd need to overwrite the files: I recommend Sysinternals SDelete as it's a command line tool you can use as a replacement in the same script. Keep in mind that SDelete might not work on SSD drives.

This deleteNordVPNlogs.cmd script will loop through the Nord VPN log files and remove every log file except for today's log which may still be in use and possibly cause Nord VPN to crash. You can run this manually or e.g. through the Task Scheduler. Depending on your regional settings you may need to correct the offsets for extracting the year, month and day from %DATE%. Choose between del and sdelete etc.

:: A .cmd script for removing Nord VPN logs.

:: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/204992/

@echo off



:: Change the offsets (~10, ~4, ~7) depending on your regional settings!

:: You can find the correct positions from 'echo %DATE%'

set year=%date:~10,4%

set month=%date:~4,2%

set day=%date:~7,2%



set logdirpath=%LocalAppData%NordVPNlogs



:: Deleting the active log file might cause problems.

set "todayslog=%logdirpath%app-%year%-%month%-%day%.nwl"



echo Removing all Nord VPN log files except %todayslog% ...



:: Loop through the log files

for /r %logdirpath% %%i in ( "app-*.nwl" ) do (

   if not %%i==%todayslog% (

      echo I just copypasted this instead of modifying the script.

      REM Choose one:

      REM del /q "%%i"

      REM "C:Program FilesSysinternalsSuitesdelete.exe" -p 7 -r "%%i"

   )

)

This can be modified for any other logs by altering the logdirpath and log file naming pattern.

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No need for an application: a simple script can handle this.

If the drive is encrypted, using the native del /q would do. If the drive is not encrypted, you'd need to overwrite the files: I recommend Sysinternals SDelete as it's a command line tool you can use as a replacement in the same script. Keep in mind that SDelete might not work on SSD drives.

This deleteNordVPNlogs.cmd script will loop through the Nord VPN log files and remove every log file except for today's log which may still be in use and possibly cause Nord VPN to crash. You can run this manually or e.g. through the Task Scheduler. Depending on your regional settings you may need to correct the offsets for extracting the year, month and day from %DATE%. Choose between del and sdelete etc.

:: A .cmd script for removing Nord VPN logs.

:: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/204992/

@echo off



:: Change the offsets (~10, ~4, ~7) depending on your regional settings!

:: You can find the correct positions from 'echo %DATE%'

set year=%date:~10,4%

set month=%date:~4,2%

set day=%date:~7,2%



set logdirpath=%LocalAppData%NordVPNlogs



:: Deleting the active log file might cause problems.

set "todayslog=%logdirpath%app-%year%-%month%-%day%.nwl"



echo Removing all Nord VPN log files except %todayslog% ...



:: Loop through the log files

for /r %logdirpath% %%i in ( "app-*.nwl" ) do (

   if not %%i==%todayslog% (

      echo I just copypasted this instead of modifying the script.

      REM Choose one:

      REM del /q "%%i"

      REM "C:Program FilesSysinternalsSuitesdelete.exe" -p 7 -r "%%i"

   )

)

This can be modified for any other logs by altering the logdirpath and log file naming pattern.

share|improve this answer

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028

add a comment | 

0

No need for an application: a simple script can handle this.

If the drive is encrypted, using the native del /q would do. If the drive is not encrypted, you'd need to overwrite the files: I recommend Sysinternals SDelete as it's a command line tool you can use as a replacement in the same script. Keep in mind that SDelete might not work on SSD drives.

This deleteNordVPNlogs.cmd script will loop through the Nord VPN log files and remove every log file except for today's log which may still be in use and possibly cause Nord VPN to crash. You can run this manually or e.g. through the Task Scheduler. Depending on your regional settings you may need to correct the offsets for extracting the year, month and day from %DATE%. Choose between del and sdelete etc.

:: A .cmd script for removing Nord VPN logs.

:: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/204992/

@echo off



:: Change the offsets (~10, ~4, ~7) depending on your regional settings!

:: You can find the correct positions from 'echo %DATE%'

set year=%date:~10,4%

set month=%date:~4,2%

set day=%date:~7,2%



set logdirpath=%LocalAppData%NordVPNlogs



:: Deleting the active log file might cause problems.

set "todayslog=%logdirpath%app-%year%-%month%-%day%.nwl"



echo Removing all Nord VPN log files except %todayslog% ...



:: Loop through the log files

for /r %logdirpath% %%i in ( "app-*.nwl" ) do (

   if not %%i==%todayslog% (

      echo I just copypasted this instead of modifying the script.

      REM Choose one:

      REM del /q "%%i"

      REM "C:Program FilesSysinternalsSuitesdelete.exe" -p 7 -r "%%i"

   )

)

This can be modified for any other logs by altering the logdirpath and log file naming pattern.

share|improve this answer

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028

add a comment | 

No need for an application: a simple script can handle this.

If the drive is encrypted, using the native del /q would do. If the drive is not encrypted, you'd need to overwrite the files: I recommend Sysinternals SDelete as it's a command line tool you can use as a replacement in the same script. Keep in mind that SDelete might not work on SSD drives.

This deleteNordVPNlogs.cmd script will loop through the Nord VPN log files and remove every log file except for today's log which may still be in use and possibly cause Nord VPN to crash. You can run this manually or e.g. through the Task Scheduler. Depending on your regional settings you may need to correct the offsets for extracting the year, month and day from %DATE%. Choose between del and sdelete etc.

:: A .cmd script for removing Nord VPN logs.

:: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/204992/

@echo off



:: Change the offsets (~10, ~4, ~7) depending on your regional settings!

:: You can find the correct positions from 'echo %DATE%'

set year=%date:~10,4%

set month=%date:~4,2%

set day=%date:~7,2%



set logdirpath=%LocalAppData%NordVPNlogs



:: Deleting the active log file might cause problems.

set "todayslog=%logdirpath%app-%year%-%month%-%day%.nwl"



echo Removing all Nord VPN log files except %todayslog% ...



:: Loop through the log files

for /r %logdirpath% %%i in ( "app-*.nwl" ) do (

   if not %%i==%todayslog% (

      echo I just copypasted this instead of modifying the script.

      REM Choose one:

      REM del /q "%%i"

      REM "C:Program FilesSysinternalsSuitesdelete.exe" -p 7 -r "%%i"

   )

)

This can be modified for any other logs by altering the logdirpath and log file naming pattern.

share|improve this answer

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028

:: A .cmd script for removing Nord VPN logs.

:: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/204992/

@echo off



:: Change the offsets (~10, ~4, ~7) depending on your regional settings!

:: You can find the correct positions from 'echo %DATE%'

set year=%date:~10,4%

set month=%date:~4,2%

set day=%date:~7,2%



set logdirpath=%LocalAppData%NordVPNlogs



:: Deleting the active log file might cause problems.

set "todayslog=%logdirpath%app-%year%-%month%-%day%.nwl"



echo Removing all Nord VPN log files except %todayslog% ...



:: Loop through the log files

for /r %logdirpath% %%i in ( "app-*.nwl" ) do (

   if not %%i==%todayslog% (

      echo I just copypasted this instead of modifying the script.

      REM Choose one:

      REM del /q "%%i"

      REM "C:Program FilesSysinternalsSuitesdelete.exe" -p 7 -r "%%i"

   )

)

share|improve this answer

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028

answered 20 hours ago

Esa JokinenEsa Jokinen

55028