title: How to clear the SharePoint Usage Logs and/or Web Analytics Logs
body: <p>How do I clear the SharePoint Usage Logs and/or Web Analytics Logs?
  I've tried deleting the *.usage files found in {SharePoint Hive}\Logs, and deleting the Usage Service Application as well as the Web Analytics Service Application?</p>
  
  <p>The reason why I as is because I have a web part that determines the most visited sites. In my code I use the </p>
  
  <pre><code>SPWeb.GetUsageData(SPUsageReportType.url, SPUsagePeriodType.lastMonth)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>method, and it always returns the same data. I would like to reset the values it returns.</p>