Data log

[marveroluis]

To my dismay, I discovered by a near full HD notice and using WinDirStat that Avast had piled up a log that is currently 86.2 GB, using almost half of the HD, I have been unable to delete it. I have used the delete in the  log viewer but the stuff is still there. Would it help to uninstall Avast and start anew.
Thanks

[Lisandro]

To temporarily disable the avast self defense module:
1. Right click the 'a' blue icon on system tray.
2. Programs settings > Troubleshooting (tab)
3. Disable self defense module

Then, you can delete the majority of the files into \log and \report avast subfolders.
Oh, enable the self defense module again after that.

[marveroluis]

Thank you for the fast reply, problem solved

[Lisandro]

Thank you for the fast reply, problem solved

You're welcome. Feel free to come back any time you need help or just to change experiences

[bob3160]

How could it get that big
My whole log folder is only 975 KB and I've never had to clear it.

[Lisandro]

There is a setting to limit the log file sizes.
Except the setup log that is not limited in any way.
avast should allow better housekeeping... we already asked them a lot of times 

[DavidR]

It also depends if some tweaking had gone on to say set logging level to debug or set the log size to 0=unlimited