How to turn off (disable) Akka logging

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: April 12, 2020

Using Akka logging is a great thing, until you need to turn it off. In short, to disable Akka logging, you need to create a file named application.conf in your SBT src/main/resources folder, and set the loglevel to “OFF” in that file, like this:

#
# see http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/snapshot/general/configuration.html
#
akka {

    # options: OFF, ERROR, WARNING, INFO, DEBUG
    loglevel = "OFF"

}

I show the other log levels in the comments in that file, but setting it to OFF disables Akka logging.

When I refer to Akka logging, I’m referring to logging when you have an Akka actor that extends ActorLogging.

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