Powershell - Clear the command history

Would you like to learn how to clear the Powershell command history? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to disable the Powershell command history feature on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

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Tutorial Powershell - Clear the command history

Start a Powershell command-line.

Enter commands to fill the Powershell history file.

Show the Powershell command history.

Here is the command output.

Clear the Powershell command history.

Delete a specific command from the Powershell history.

Clear the command line buffer.

There are multiple ways to clear the command line buffer.

Locate the Powershell history file.

Delete the Powershell history file.

Limit the number of commands stored in the Powershell history.

Disable the up arrow and down arrow functions.

Congratulations! You are able to delete the Powershell command history.

Tutorial Powershell - Disable the command history

Start a Powershell command-line.

Create a Powershell profile.

Edit the Powershell profile.

Here is the file content.

Optionally, disable the up arrow and down arrow functions.

In our example, we configured the profile to clear the Powershell command history at the beginning of the user session.

Your computer must allow Powershell scripts.

Congratulations! You are able to disable the Powershell command history feature.