Answers.Body: <p>Rob - yes you should be fine to do that. Backup prior of course. Is it the fact you have tables, or the size of them that is the issue? </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Tables and data consume resources, so I would say that it's both.
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Body: <p>Using CiviCRM 4.6.9.</p>
  
  <p>While exploring debugging options I clicked on "Yes" for the "Logging" option in the Administration "Misc" page.  That created hundreds of tables prefixed with "log_" in the CiviCRM database.  This isn't what I wanted.</p>
  
  <p>I've turned off logging, but the tables are still there.  Is it OK to manually delete any table beginning with "log_"?  </p>
  
Tags: <logs>
Title: Deleting log tables
ThreadText: # Deleting log tables
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-14)
  
  Using CiviCRM 4.6.9.
  
  While exploring debugging options I clicked on "Yes" for the "Logging" option in the Administration "Misc" page. That created hundreds of tables prefixed with "log\_" in the CiviCRM database. This isn't what I wanted.
  
  I've turned off logging, but the tables are still there. Is it OK to manually delete any table beginning with "log\_"?
  
  **Tags:** logs
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-10-14. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  Rob - yes you should be fine to do that. Backup prior of course. Is it the fact you have tables, or the size of them that is the issue?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Tables and data consume resources, so I would say that it's both.  
  
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