# Disabling Session Manager logging in CloudWatch Logs and Amazon S3
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You can use the Systems Manager console or Amazon CLI to disable session logging in your account.

**To disable session logging (console)**

1. Open the Amazon Systems Manager console at [https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/](https://console.amazonaws.cn/systems-manager/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Session Manager**.

1. Choose the **Preferences** tab, and then choose **Edit**.

1. To disable CloudWatch logging, in the **CloudWatch logging** section, clear the **Enable** checkbox.

1. To disable S3 logging, in the **S3 logging** section, clear the **Enable** checkbox.

1. Choose **Save**.

**To disable session logging (Amazon CLI)**  
To disable session logging using the Amazon CLI, follow the instructions in [Update Session Manager preferences (command line)](getting-started-configure-preferences-cli.md).

 In your JSON file, make sure that the `s3BucketName` and `cloudWatchLogGroupName` inputs contain no values. For example: 

```
"inputs": {
        "s3BucketName": "",
        ...
        "cloudWatchLogGroupName": "",
        ...
    }
```

Alternatively, to disable logging, you can remove all `S3*` and `cloudWatch*` inputs from your JSON file.

**Note**  
Depending on your configuration, after you disable CloudWatch or S3, a temporary log file might still be generated to disk by SSM Agent. For information about how to disable logging to disk, see [Configuring session logging to disk](session-manager-logging-disk.md).