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Output window

The Output window appears at the bottom of IDA's interface by default and serves two key purposes:

  • Displays various IDA messages and notifications.
  • Provides a command line interface (CLI) for executing IDC or IDAPython commands.

Output window

If closed, you can reopen it via Windows -> Output window.

Context Menu Options

Right-click in the Output window to access these options:

  • Select All: Selects all content in the window
  • Find/Find next: Searches for a specific string
  • Clear: Removes all previous messages from the window
  • Copy to CLI: Places selected text into CLI field
  • Save to file: Exports window content to a .log file
  • Show timestamps: Displays time information with each message
  • Font...: Customizes the text appearance (font, style, size)

You can duplicate all messages appearing in this window to a file. To do this, you have to define an environment variable before starting IDA:

set IDALOG=logfile