# Disable access logs for your Application Load Balancer
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You can disable access logs for your load balancer at any time. After you disable access logs, your access logs remain in your S3 bucket until you delete them. For more information, see [Creating, configuring, and working with S3 buckets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/creating-buckets-s3.html) in the *Amazon S3 User Guide*.

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#### [ Console ]

**To disable access logs**

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Load Balancers**.

1. Select the name of your load balancer to open its details page.

1. On the **Attributes** tab, choose **Edit**.

1. For **Monitoring**, turn off **Access logs**.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To disable access logs**  
Use the [modify-load-balancer-attributes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/elbv2/modify-load-balancer-attributes.html) command.

```
aws elbv2 modify-load-balancer-attributes \
    --load-balancer-arn load-balancer-arn \
    --attributes Key=access_logs.s3.enabled,Value=false
```

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