Is it safe to shrink transaction log?

Should you shrink transaction log?

To reduce the physical size of a physical log file, you must shrink the log file. This is useful when you know that a transaction log file contains unused space.

Is it safe to shrink log?

It's safe, but do it at a quiet time when there's low transactional activity. It's recommended to shrink the log to its minimal size and then grow it to its normal size (this will ensure the correct number of VLFs (internal virtual log files) are created, which improves performance for logged commands).

Is it safe to shrink transaction log in SQL Server?

My file "Transaction log" is so big. First i changed my database recovery model to 'Simple' and than i used Task>Shrink>File. On this new opened widnow (Shrink File), i see my 'available free space' is around 10 GB (minimal less then 10GB). ... Question.AleksanderKepJoined Oct 20172AleksanderKep's threads Show activity

What happens when you shrink a transaction log?

Transaction Log Shrink When the database Transaction Log file is truncated, the truncated space will be freed up and become available for reuse. But the Transaction Log file size will not be decreased, as the truncated space will not be deallocated.