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Archiving M-Files event logs

Last updated on 10 April 2026

Admin

If your organization uses unlimited event logs (see The Electronic Signatures and Advanced Logging module), it is a good idea to archive M-Files event logs once or twice per year. If you also have M-Files Compliance Kit installed, you can do this automatically with the Log Exporter module. For more information, refer to Compliance Kit - Log Exporter - Functional Description.

If The Electronic Signatures and Advanced Logging module and Advanced Event Log features are not in use, M-Files Server removes the oldest events when the number of events is close to the specified maximum.

To export all the events in the event log manually:

Open M-Files Admin.
In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
Expand Document Vaults.
Expand a vault.
Select Event Log.
In the task area, select Export.
Select Export All Events.
Result:The Browse For Folder dialog is opened.
Select the folder to which you want to export the events and select OK.
Result:The Confirm Delete dialog is opened.
Select Delete to delete the exported events from the event log.

The events from the M-Files event log are archived in the selected location as an XML file.