{"id":15447,"date":"2024-05-29T14:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T10:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/metatrader-4-mt4\/how-to-locate-metatrader-4-log-files\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:39:14","slug":"how-to-locate-metatrader-4-log-files","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/metatrader-4-mt4\/how-to-locate-metatrader-4-log-files\/","title":{"rendered":"How to locate MetaTrader 4 log files?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15447\" class=\"elementor elementor-15447\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1c93c6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1c93c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f52cf59\" data-id=\"f52cf59\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aedcdf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aedcdf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Log in to your MT4 trading account and go to <strong>&#8220;File&#8221;<\/strong> &gt; <strong>&#8220;Open Data Folder&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-01.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15449 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-01.webp\" alt=\"click on the &quot;File&quot; option from the top bar menu and choose &quot;Open Data Folder&quot;\" width=\"922\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-01.webp 922w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-01-300x171.webp 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-01-768x439.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Your MT4 data folder will pop up. Find the folder named <strong>&#8220;Logs&#8221;<\/strong>. This folder contains the general log files.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-02.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15450 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-02.webp\" alt=\"you can see the log files in &quot;logs&quot; folder\" width=\"926\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-02.webp 926w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-02-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-02-768x396.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>To check logs from EAs, click on <strong>&#8220;MQL4&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-03.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-03.webp\" alt=\"double click on &quot;MQL4&quot; folder\" width=\"926\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-03.webp 926w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-03-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-03-768x396.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In the MQL4 folder, find and click on the <strong>&#8220;Logs&#8221;<\/strong> subfolder.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-04.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15452 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-04.webp\" alt=\"double click on the &quot;Logs&quot; folder to see the EA log files\" width=\"926\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-04.webp 926w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-04-300x155.webp 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/locating-metatrader-4-log-files-step-04-768x396.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>That\u2019s it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Log in to your MT4 trading account and go to &#8220;File&#8221; &gt; &#8220;Open Data Folder&#8221;. \u00a0 Your MT4 data folder will pop up. Find the folder named &#8220;Logs&#8221;. This folder contains the general log files. \u00a0 To check logs from EAs, click on &#8220;MQL4&#8221;. \u00a0 In the MQL4 folder, find and click on the &#8220;Logs&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9528,"menu_order":68,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15447","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15447"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15463,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/15447\/revisions\/15463"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=15447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}