Cleaning up the log | laravel-activitylog | Spatie

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  Laravel Activity Log
=======================

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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/introduction)
- [ Postcardware ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/postcardware)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/requirements)
- [ Installation and Setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/installation-and-setup)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/questions-and-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/changelog)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/about-us)

Basic usage
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- [ Logging activity ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/basic-usage/logging-activity)
- [ Cleaning up the log ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/basic-usage/cleaning-up-the-log)

Advanced usage
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- [ Logging model events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/advanced-usage/logging-model-events)
- [ Using placeholders ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/advanced-usage/using-placeholders)
- [ Using multiple logs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-activitylog/v1/advanced-usage/using-multiple-logs)

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 `                                    composer show spatie/laravel-activitylog                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    `

Cleaning up the log
===================

After using the package for a while you might have recorded a lot of activity. This package provides an artisan command `activitylog:clean` to clean the log.

Running this command will result in the deletion of all recorded activity that is older than the number of days specified in the `delete_records_older_than_days` of the config file.

You can leverage Laravel's scheduler to run the clean up command now and then.

```
//app/Console/Kernel.php

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
{
   $schedule->command('activitylog:clean')->daily();
}
```