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Clear-History — Delete entries from the PowerShell session command history. Note: `clhy` can be used as an alias for

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Problem

How to use the Clear-History command: Delete entries from the PowerShell session command history. Note: clhy can be used as an alias for Clear-History. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/clear-history>.

Solution

Clear-History — Delete entries from the PowerShell session command history. Note: clhy can be used as an alias for Clear-History. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/clear-history>.

Clear all command history from current session:

Clear-History

Clear command by specific name:

Clear-History -CommandLine "{{command}}"

Clear multiple commands by name:

Clear-History -CommandLine {{"command1", "command2", ...}}

Clear a specific history entry by ID:

Clear-History -Id {{id_number}}

Clear multiple IDs:

Clear-History -Id {{id1, id2, ...}}

Clear commands within a range of IDs:

Clear-History -Id ({{start_id}}..{{end_id}})

Show what would be deleted:

Clear-History -WhatIf

Ask for confirmation before clearing:

Clear-History -Confirm

Code Snippets

Clear all command history from current session

Clear-History

Clear command by specific name

Clear-History -CommandLine "{{command}}"

Clear multiple commands by name

Clear-History -CommandLine {{"command1", "command2", ...}}

Clear a specific history entry by ID

Clear-History -Id {{id_number}}

Clear multiple IDs

Clear-History -Id {{id1, id2, ...}}

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