# How to delete kibana.log

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079 "2020-06-22T11:50:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Burga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Burga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Burga)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079/1 "2020-06-22T11:50:16Z")

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Hi , my kibana.log is growing rapidly how can I delete it and create a new one ,

I tried to rename it but it kept growing ...

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![aaron-nimocks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aaron-nimocks/32/73965_2.png) [@aaron-nimocks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aaron-nimocks)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079/2 "2020-06-22T12:32:28Z")

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```auto
cat /dev/null > kibana.log

```

This will empty the file if you are on a system that supports cat.

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**Author:** ![Burga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Burga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Burga)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079/3 "2020-06-22T12:35:36Z")

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Thank you .

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-delete-kibana-log/238079/4 "2020-07-20T12:35:38Z")

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