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How to increase log rotation period for IIS logs in Plesk on Windows server?

Renan Poss Moreira

Updated January 13, 2026 19:03

Plesk for Windows kb: how-to

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By default, Plesk removes/rotates log files every 24 hours.

How to increase the storage period for IIS logs in Plesk for Windows?

To increase retention of IIS logs, perform the following steps:

Connect to the server via RDP
Open Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the following command:

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\PLESK\PSA Config\Config" /v log_pleskwebsite_history /t REG_DWORD /d 42 /f

In the command above, replace 42 with the value in days the logs should be kept.

1 comment

Alex Laforge
June 20, 2026 22:43

This does not work for MailEnable, despite the fact their article links to this Plesk KB :
https://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020630
How to keep MailEnable longer than 1 day and NOT have Plesk deleting them ?

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