Solved How to clear Powershell command history?

elevenmax · Jan 15, 2024

I have sensitive information from one of the commands in history and running Clear-History did not work on Powershell 7.

garlin · Jan 15, 2024

Read this thread, use the PS script provided in the response.

PowerShell's Clear-History doesn't clear history

Recently I had to run a command that unfortunately required me to type a password right on the command line. Afterwards, I cleared my screen with "Clear", but also wanted to clear the command hist...

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forumwt · Jan 15, 2024

I have make a function for this

Code:

function ch {
    # Clear history
    $path = (Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath
    Clear-Content $path
    Write-Host "History has been deleted"
    Invoke-Command { & "pwsh.exe" -nolog } -NoNewScope
}