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How to remove obsoleted logs with logrotate?

I wanted to remove unnecessary logs automatically , like Xorg.log.0 , and other packed *.gz files , i really don't need that on a laptop system. However , i checked man logrotate , but only an entry ...
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Can I use logrotate to compress daily (date named) logs?

I have logs in the following format: YYYYMMDD I want to compress old logs (older then current day) and maybe move them to a different directory afterwards. Can I do this in logrotate, or do I have ...