Remove-Event

Delete events from the PowerShell event queue in the current session.

Syntax
      Remove-Event [-EventIdentifier] int
         [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]

      Remove-Event [[-SourceIdentifier] string]
        [-Confirm] [-WhatIf][CommonParameters]

Key:
   -EventIdentifier int
       Remove only the events with the specified event identifier.

   -SourceIdentifier string
       Remove only events with the specified source identifier.
       The default is all events in the event queue.
       Wildcards are not permitted.

   -Confirm
       Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.

   -WhatIf
       Describes what would happen if you executed the command
       without actually executing the command.

Remove-Event deletes only the events currently in the queue. To cancel event registrations or unsubscribe, use Unregister-Event.

Examples

Delete events with a given source identifier :

PS C:\> Remove-Event -sourceIdentifier "ProcessStarted"

Delete all events from the event queue:

PS C:\> Get-Event | Remove-Event

Remove an event monitor SS64EventMonitor previously setup with Register-CimIndicationEvent:

PS C:\> Get-EventSubscriber -SourceIdentifier SS64EventMonitor | Unregister-Event

To also clear out the queue itself:

PS C:\> Get-Event -SourceIdentifier SS64EventMonitor | Remove-Event

“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr

Related PowerShell Cmdlets

New-Event - Create a new event.
Get-Event - Get events in the event queue.
Unregister-Event - Cancel an event subscription.
Register-CimIndicationEvent - Subscribe to indications using a filter or query expression.