| external help file | PSDiagnostics-help.xml |
|---|---|
| Locale | en-US |
| Module Name | PSDiagnostics |
| ms.date | 10/01/2025 |
| online version | https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/psdiagnostics/disable-pstrace?view=powershell-7.6&WT.mc_id=ps-gethelp |
| schema | 2.0.0 |
| title | Disable-PSTrace |
Disables the PowerShellCore event provider logs.
Disable-PSTrace [-AnalyticOnly] [<CommonParameters>]
This cmdlet is only available on the Windows platform.
This cmdlet disables the Operational and Analytic event logs of the PowerShellCore event provider.
You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.
Note
Prior to PowerShell 7.6, this command only disabled logging for the Microsoft-Windows-PowerShell event provider.
The following example disables only the Analytic event log of the PowerShellCore provider.
Disable-PSTrace -AnalyticOnlyWhen this parameter is used, the cmdlet disables the Analytic event log of the PowerShellCore provider. The Operational event log is not changed.
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
You can't pipe objects to this cmdlet.
This cmdlet returns no output.
This cmdlet uses the Get-LogProperties and Set-LogProperties cmdlets.
You must run this cmdlet from an elevated PowerShell session.