Clearing Windows Security Protection History Events Manually in Windows 11

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This text explains the process of manually clearing Windows Security Protection history events on Windows 11, which by default are only retained for two weeks. To do so, users must be logged in as an administrator, navigate to a specific path within File Explorer, and delete the Service folder, then restart their computer.

This post showed students and new users steps to manually clear Windows Security Protection history events on-demand.

The Protection history page in the Windows Security app is where you can view actions that Microsoft Defender Antivirus has taken, including Potentially Unwanted Apps removed or critical services turned off.

By default, Protection history only retains events for two weeks, after which they’ll disappear from this page.

However, instead of waiting for event logs to clear, you can manually clear them before they’re automatically removed.

Below is how to do that in Windows 11.

How to remove Windows Security Protection history events in Windows 11

As mentioned above, by default, Protection history only retains events for two weeks, after which they’ll disappear from this page.

But you don’t have to wait for 15 days. You can manually clear out Protection history events at any time.

Before you can manually clear out Protection history events, you must be logged in as an administrator.

Also, Protection history events that require action will not be deleted until action is taken. After actions are taken, you’ll be able to delete the events.

To manually clear out Protection history events, open File Explorer or press the Windows key + E on your keyboard.

Once File Explorer opens, browse to the path below:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scans\History​

Right-click on the Service folder and delete it, as highlighted below.

Restart your computer, and you’re done.!

That should do it!

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to manually delete Protection history events in Windows 11. Please use the comment form below if you find any errors above or have something to share.

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