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title: Log settings
description: Use the Log Settings page to customize your PingAccess logs so that you can pinpoint and resolve issues in a more convenient manner.
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version: 9.0
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revdate: June 13, 2024
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# Log settings

Use the **Log Settings** page to customize your PingAccess logs so that you can pinpoint and resolve issues in a more convenient manner.

The **Verbose** log setting enables you to adjust the amount of information available in your log entries for PingAccess-specific logging categories without needing to apply changes directly within the `conf/log4j2.xml` file.

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| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | PingAccess records runtime, administrative server activities, and audit activity in the respective log files contained in the `<PA_HOME>/log` folder. For more information on logging in PingAccess, see the [Log configuration](../configuring_and_customizing_pingaccess/pa_logging_configuration.html) section. |

You can adjust log levels with the **Verbose** log setting through the administrative console or the administrative API. For more information, see:

* Learn more about configuring log levels in the administrative console in [Configuring verbose logging in the admin console](pa_configuring_verbose_logging.html). Learn more about configuring log levels in the administrative API in the admin API documentation at https\://`<host>`:`<admin-port>`/pa-admin-api/v3/api-docs/.

* Learn more about the default categories in [Log level category descriptions](pa_log_level_category_descriptions.html).

* Learn more about creating custom log level categories in [Creating custom log level categories](pa_creating_custom_log_level_categories.html).