Windows 10: Cannot clear Event Viewer logs with .ps1 script

I created a PowerShell script saved as a .ps1 file, which is stated below. Whenever I run it, it says "Access is denied" and does not clean Event Viewer logs. Please take a look at the attached screenshots and let me know what I am doing wrong. By the way, whenever I run the script below in PowerShell with administrative privileges, it does clear all Event Viewer logs.

wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {wevtutil cl "$_"}









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Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows  


FWIW CCleaner will clear the Event Viewer Logs - just check the box under Windows>Advanced>Windows Events Logs. run CCleaner and it's that simple. Much faster than most ,bat files I've tried. Just a suggestion.

 

Clearing Administrative Events Log in Windows10

How To Clear Administrative Events Log

The Administrative Events log (listed under Custom Views) in the Event Viewer is a Filter that contains all of the event from the System, Security and Application event logs.

You can either clear these individual logs, or use the instructions below to clear all the event logs.

To Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows

cmd shell solution:

PowerShell solution:

Source How to Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows

To Clear Individual Event Viewer Logs in Event Viewer

Source How to Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows

 

Clear All Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows


For Windows logs and Application and Services logs, there is also the manual way to clear specific logs(only these 2 sections, custom views can be Deleted and lost, but not Cleared for example: