diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index a3056baf5..d74b1a2b4 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Add changes at the top of the list. Keep it in ASCII, and 80-char wide.
 # Do not insert empty lines here, update check depends on it.
+  - change:  FileLog removes newlines from the data (Forum #79684)
   - bugfix:  98_Siro.pm: Support favorit for model ERB15LE
   - feature: notify/FileLog: add ignoreRegexp attribute (Forum #79684)
   - feature: 46_SmartPi: add decimal Attr, fix Notify bug
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm b/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
index 9ec4f0758..154e2a4a1 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/92_FileLog.pm
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ FileLog_Log($$)
         $switched = 1;
       }
       $fh = $log->{FH};
+      $s =~ s/\n/ /g;
       print $fh "$t $n $s\n";
       $written++;
     }
@@ -274,6 +275,8 @@ FileLog_Set($@)
     my $r = "Unknown argument $cmd, choose one of ".join(" ",sort keys %sets);
     my $fllist = join(",", grep { $me ne $_ } devspec2array("TYPE=FileLog"));
     $r =~ s/absorb/absorb:$fllist/;
+    $r =~ s/clear/clear:noArg/;
+    $r =~ s/reopen/reopen:noArg/;
     return $r;
   }
   return "$cmd needs $sets{$cmd} parameter(s)" if(@a-$sets{$cmd} != 2);