diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4f9b12676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <artifactId>disabling-console-jul</artifactId>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/DisablingConsoleJulApp.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/DisablingConsoleJulApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9187e9ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/DisablingConsoleJulApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.jul.properties;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class DisablingConsoleJulApp {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(DisablingConsoleJulApp.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e33089ed36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/jul/properties/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.jul.properties.controllers;
+
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class DisabledConsoleRestController {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(DisabledConsoleRestController.class.getName());
+
+    @GetMapping("/disabled-console-jul-properties")
+    public String logTime() {
+        LOG.info("Current time: " + LocalTime.now());
+        return "finished!";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d81eed95d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+logging.file=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0136354868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-jul/src/main/resources/logging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+handlers= java.util.logging.FileHandler
+
+java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=baeldung.log
+java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97d10c574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <artifactId>disabling-console-log4j2</artifactId>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/DisablingConsoleLog4j2App.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/DisablingConsoleLog4j2App.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae59f3b3e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/DisablingConsoleLog4j2App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.log4j2.xml;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class DisablingConsoleLog4j2App {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(DisablingConsoleLog4j2App.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6485b63d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/log4j2/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.log4j2.xml.controllers;
+
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class DisabledConsoleRestController {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DisabledConsoleRestController.class);
+
+    @GetMapping("/disabled-console-log4j2-xml")
+    public String logTime() {
+        LOG.info("Current time: {}", LocalTime.now());
+        return "finished!";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20975f40d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+    <Appenders>
+        <File name="MyFile" fileName="all.log" immediateFlush="true" append="false">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
+        </File>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="MyFile"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f2170390b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>disabling-console-logging</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>disabling-console-logback</artifactId>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/DisablingConsoleLogbackApp.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/DisablingConsoleLogbackApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b38d42477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/DisablingConsoleLogbackApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.logback.xml;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class DisablingConsoleLogbackApp {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(DisablingConsoleLogbackApp.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1d6b1d45e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/disablingconsole/logback/xml/controllers/DisabledConsoleRestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.springbootlogging.disablingconsole.logback.xml.controllers;
+
+import java.time.LocalTime;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class DisabledConsoleRestController {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DisabledConsoleRestController.class);
+
+    @GetMapping("/disabled-console-logback-xml")
+    public String logTime() {
+        LOG.info("Current time: {}", LocalTime.now());
+        return "finished!";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70c2f97194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+logging.file=disabled-console.log
+
+### we could potentially 'disable' console logging by setting a blank log pattern:
+#logging.pattern.console=
+
+### or disable the logs completely by setting the root logging level as 'OFF':
+#logging.level.root=OFF
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c751e994f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/disabling-console-logback/src/main/resources/logback-spring.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml" />
+    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/file-appender.xml" />
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="FILE" />
+    </root>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc248e49b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/disabling-console-logging/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>disabling-console-logging</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <description>Projects for Disabling Spring Boot Console Logging tutorials</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-logging-log4j2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>disabling-console-logback</module>
+        <module>disabling-console-log4j2</module>
+        <module>disabling-console-jul</module>
+    </modules>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
index 61f949b820..ee4d07c3e8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-logging-log4j2</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot Logging with Log4J2</description>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <description>Projects for Spring Boot Logging tutorials</description>
 
     <parent>
         <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
@@ -20,16 +20,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -38,6 +28,11 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    
+    <modules>
+        <module>spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app</module>
+        <module>disabling-console-logging</module>
+    </modules>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/pom.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d4c8867fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot Logging with Log4J2</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-logging-log4j2</artifactId>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/LoggingController.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/LoggingController.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/LoggingController.java
rename to spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/LoggingController.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
rename to spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springbootlogging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/resources/application.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/application.properties
rename to spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/resources/application.properties
diff --git a/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml b/spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-logging-log4j2/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml
rename to spring-boot-logging-log4j2/spring-boot-logging-log4j2-app/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml