# Stopping events.log for specific bindings?

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/stopping-events-log-for-specific-bindings/36176>\
**Category:** Runtime\
**Tags:** logging, log4j2\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/stopping-events-log-for-specific-bindings/36176 "2017-11-13T14:50:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rlkoshak/32/75251_2.png) [@rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/u/rlkoshak)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/stopping-events-log-for-specific-bindings/36176/6 "2024-01-12T19:05:30Z")

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It has not and will not change. The events.log is the logger for the Event Bus. The Event Bus doesn’t know where the events are coming from, just that the event occurred.

Log4j does support filters. There are a couple of tutorials on the forum.

> [@openHAB - Filtering event logs](https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-filtering-event-logs/38277/):
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> Simple string filtering on the event log. Useful for filtering out high change items that don’t need constant log visibility. Re-posting this as it’s own thread on the recommendation of other members. I also recommend reading [Taming openHAB 2 Logging](https://community.openhab.org/t/taming-openhab-2-logging/13976/) and [Log4j2 Sample Config](https://community.openhab.org/t/log4j2-sample-config/33284/) which this was based on. Log configuration data using openhabian-pi is stored in the following file. Location may vary under other installation methods. /srv/openhab2-userdata/etc/org.ops4j.pax.logging.cfg openHAB using …

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