# Studio Logs

> The Studio Traces are diagnostic log messages generated by Studio, containing information related to its behavior.

## Studio Traces

The Studio Traces are diagnostic log messages generated by Studio, containing information related to its behavior.

The **logging level settings** and **log file path** can be modified by editing the `<Installation Folder>\Studio.NLog.config` file. If this file does not exist, it is automatically created when an event occurs. The section can be found under the `<nlog>` tag.

## Studio Traces Logging Level

The default selected minimum logging level for Studio is `Warn` (**Warning**), but more levels can be added or excluded in the same configuration file.

To only log **Error** and **Warning** levels, specify them in between the `<rules>` tag, like in the example below:

`<rules> <logger name="*" level="Error" writeTo="AsyncTarget" />`

`<logger name="*" level="Warning" writeTo="AsyncTarget" /> </rules>`

To limit the logs to a specific size, set the `archiveAboveSize="<value in bytes>"` in the `<target>` section:

`<target name="AsyncTarget" xsi:type="AsyncWrapper" minlevel = "Off"> <target name="logfile" xsi:type="File" fileName="${logDirectory}/${shortdate}_Studio.log" layout="${time} => [${level:uppercase=true}] [${logger}] [${threadid}] ${message}" archiveAboveSize="<value in bytes>/> </target>`

To disable logging, simply set the `minlevel` tag to `”Off”`, as you can see below:

`<rules> <logger name="*" minlevel="Off" writeTo="AsyncTarget" /> </rules>`

## Targets of the Studio Traces

The default log file path for Studio is `%localappdata%\UiPath\Logs\<shortdate>_Studio.log`. The format for `<shortdate>` is `yyyy-mm-dd`.

To change the log file path, simply change the value of the `logDirectory` parameter with the path you want to use.

For example, to move the log file path to the Desktop, modify the `value="${specialfolder:folder=LocalApplicationData}/UiPath/Logs"` parameter to `value="${specialfolder:folder=DesktopDirectory"`.

:::note
Set the language for Windows keyboard to Japanese, Russian or French to make sure some Studio logs are localized in the respective languages.
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