Directory Service Event: 5141

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System Event » Directory Service Event: 5141

Event ID 5141: A directory service object was deleted.

Description This event documents deletion of AD objects, identifying the object deleted and user who deleted it.
Category Directory service
Subcategory Directory service changes

This event logs the following information:

Subject
  • Security ID
  • Account Name
  • Account Domain
  • Logon ID
Directory service
  • Name
  • Type
Object
  • DN
  • GUID
  • Class
Operation
  • Correlation ID
  • Application correlation ID

Pro tip:

ADAudit Plus helps in tracking deletion of directory service objects, besides security principals, such as OU, GPO, container, contact, DNS node etc.

Event 5141 applies to the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 and 7
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 and 8.1
  • Windows Server 2016 and 10