Programmatically change log level in Log4j2

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The Easy Way :

EDITED according to log4j2 version 2.4 FAQ

You can set a logger’s level with the class Configurator from Log4j Core. BUT be aware that the Configurator class is not part of the public API.

// org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
Configurator.setLevel("com.example.Foo", Level.DEBUG);

// You can also set the root logger:
Configurator.setRootLevel(Level.DEBUG);

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The Preferable Way :

EDITED to reflect changes in the API introduced in Log4j2 version 2.0.2

If you wish to change the root logger level, do something like this :

LoggerContext ctx = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext(false);
Configuration config = ctx.getConfiguration();
LoggerConfig loggerConfig = config.getLoggerConfig(LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME); 
loggerConfig.setLevel(level);
ctx.updateLoggers();  // This causes all Loggers to refetch information from their LoggerConfig.

Here is the javadoc for LoggerConfig.

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