Turning off logging for a trail
When you create a trail, logging is turned on automatically. You can turn off logging for a trail.
When you turn off logging, existing logs are still stored in the trail's Amazon S3 bucket and continue to incur S3 charges.
To turn off logging for a trail with the CloudTrail console
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the CloudTrail console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/
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In the navigation pane, choose Trails, and then choose the name of the trail.
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At the top of the trail details page, choose Stop logging to turn off logging for the trail.
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When you are prompted to confirm, choose Stop logging. CloudTrail stops logging activity for that trail.
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To resume logging for that trail, choose Start logging on the trail configuration page.
