Deleting Old Logs

Admins can easily delete old logs using 2 methods: list views or Apex batch jobs

Mass Deleting with List Views

Salesforce (still) does not support mass deleting records out-of-the-box. There's been an Idea for 11+ years about it, but it's still not standard functionality. A custom button is available on Log__c list views to provide mass deletion functionality.

1. Admins can select 1 or more Log__c records from the list view to choose which logs will be deleted

2. The button shows a Visualforce page LogMassDelete to confirm that the user wants to delete the records

Batch Deleting with Apex Jobs

Two Apex classes are provided out-of-the-box to handle automatically deleting old logs

1. LogBatchPurger - this batch Apex class will delete any Log__c records with Log__c.LogRetentionDate__c <= System.today().
   • By default, this field is populated with "TODAY + 14 DAYS" - the number of days to retain a log can be customized in LoggerSettings__c.
   • Admins can also manually edit this field to change the retention date - or set it to null to prevent the log from being automatically deleted
2. LogBatchPurgeScheduler - this schedulable Apex class can be schedule to run LogBatchPurger on a daily or weekly basis