Use this method to remove the registration of a EventLog.Source from the local computer. EventLog.DeleteEventSource(string) accesses the registry on the local computer and removes the registration of your application as a valid source of events.

You can remove your component as a valid source of events if you no longer need it to write entries to that log. For example, you might do this if you need to change your component from one log to another. Because a source can only be registered to one log at a time, changing the log requires you to remove the current registration.

EventLog.DeleteEventSource(string) removes only the source registered to a log. If you want to remove the log itself, call EventLog.Delete(string). If you only want to delete the log entries, call EventLog.Clear. EventLog.Delete(string) and EventLog.DeleteEventSource(string) are static methods, so they can be called on the class itself. It is not necessary to create an instance of System.Diagnostics.EventLog to call either method.

Deleting a log through a call to EventLog.Delete(string) automatically deletes the sources registered to that log. This can make other applications using that log inoperative.

Namespace: System.Diagnostics
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0