diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index dc680a86f6..363c3c23a9 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@
 #include <avatars-renderer/ScriptAvatar.h>
 #include <RenderableEntityItem.h>
 
+#include <AnimationLogging.h>
+#include <AvatarLogging.h>
+#include <ScriptEngineLogging.h>
+#include <ModelFormatLogging.h>
+#include <controllers/Logging.h>
+#include <NetworkLogging.h>
+#include <shared/StorageLogging.h>
+
 #include "AudioClient.h"
 #include "audio/AudioScope.h"
 #include "avatar/AvatarManager.h"
@@ -1416,6 +1424,42 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
     _overlays.init(); // do this before scripts load
     DependencyManager::set<ContextOverlayInterface>();
 
+    // by default, suppress some of the logging
+    if (_verboseLoggin) {
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&animation())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&animation())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&avatars())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&avatars())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&scriptengine())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&modelformat())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&modelformat())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&controllers())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&controllers())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&resourceLog())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&resourceLog())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&networking())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&networking())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&asset_client())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&asset_client())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        // const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&entity_script_client())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        // const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&entity_script_client())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&messages_client())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&messages_client())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&storagelogging())->setEnabled(QtDebugMsg, false);
+        const_cast<QLoggingCategory*>(&storagelogging())->setEnabled(QtInfoMsg, false);
+    }
+
     // Make sure we don't time out during slow operations at startup
     updateHeartbeat();
 
@@ -2999,7 +3043,6 @@ void Application::handleSandboxStatus(QNetworkReply* reply) {
     PROFILE_RANGE(render, __FUNCTION__);
 
     bool sandboxIsRunning = SandboxUtils::readStatus(reply->readAll());
-    qDebug() << "HandleSandboxStatus" << sandboxIsRunning;
 
     enum HandControllerType {
         Vive,
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index 769658b0d6..cdc2d1eed6 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -718,5 +718,7 @@ private:
 
     std::atomic<bool> _pendingIdleEvent { true };
     std::atomic<bool> _pendingRenderEvent { true };
+
+    bool _verboseLogging { false };
 };
 #endif // hifi_Application_h
diff --git a/interface/src/ConnectionMonitor.cpp b/interface/src/ConnectionMonitor.cpp
index fcb1908994..8deddbda82 100644
--- a/interface/src/ConnectionMonitor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ConnectionMonitor.cpp
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@ void ConnectionMonitor::init() {
 }
 
 void ConnectionMonitor::startTimer() {
-    qDebug() << "ConnectionMonitor: Starting timer";
     _timer.start(DISPLAY_AFTER_DISCONNECTED_FOR_X_MS);
 }
 
 void ConnectionMonitor::stopTimer() {
-    qDebug() << "ConnectionMonitor: Stopping timer";
     _timer.stop();
     DependencyManager::get<DialogsManager>()->setDomainConnectionFailureVisibility(false);
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/scripting/AudioDevices.cpp b/interface/src/scripting/AudioDevices.cpp
index ee615cde20..a3c80bf1b6 100644
--- a/interface/src/scripting/AudioDevices.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/scripting/AudioDevices.cpp
@@ -108,11 +108,9 @@ AudioDeviceList::~AudioDeviceList() {
     // store the selected device
     foreach(std::shared_ptr<AudioDevice> adevice, _devices) {
         if (adevice->selectedDesktop) {
-            qDebug() << "Saving Desktop for" << _mode << "name" << adevice->info.deviceName();
             settingDesktop.set(adevice->info.deviceName());
         }
         if (adevice->selectedHMD) {
-            qDebug() << "Saving HMD for" << _mode << "name" << adevice->info.deviceName();
             settingHMD.set(adevice->info.deviceName());
         }
     }
@@ -311,7 +309,6 @@ void AudioDeviceList::onDevicesChanged(const QList<QAudioDeviceInfo>& devices) {
             }
         }
 
-        qDebug() << "adding audio device:" << device.display << device.selectedDesktop << device.selectedHMD << _mode;
         newDevices.push_back(newDevice(device));
     }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/DialogsManager.cpp b/interface/src/ui/DialogsManager.cpp
index 310a4cc1cd..d01e7d6671 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/DialogsManager.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/DialogsManager.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ void DialogsManager::showFeed() {
 }
 
 void DialogsManager::setDomainConnectionFailureVisibility(bool visible) {
-    qDebug() << "DialogsManager::setDomainConnectionFailureVisibility: visible" << visible;
     auto tabletScriptingInterface = DependencyManager::get<TabletScriptingInterface>();
     auto tablet = dynamic_cast<TabletProxy*>(tabletScriptingInterface->getTablet("com.highfidelity.interface.tablet.system"));
 
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
index 1e59646795..86422ef70c 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
@@ -996,14 +996,12 @@ FBXGeometry* FBXReader::extractFBXGeometry(const QVariantHash& mapping, const QS
                             QByteArray filename = subobject.properties.at(0).toByteArray();
                             QByteArray filepath = filename.replace('\\', '/');
                             filename = fileOnUrl(filepath, url);
-                            qDebug() << "Filename" << filepath << filename;
                             _textureFilepaths.insert(getID(object.properties), filepath);
                             _textureFilenames.insert(getID(object.properties), filename);
                         } else if (subobject.name == "TextureName" && subobject.properties.length() >= TEXTURE_NAME_MIN_SIZE) {
                             // trim the name from the timestamp
                             QString name = QString(subobject.properties.at(0).toByteArray());
                             name = name.left(name.indexOf('['));
-                            qDebug() << "Filename" << name;
                             _textureNames.insert(getID(object.properties), name);
                         } else if (subobject.name == "Texture_Alpha_Source" && subobject.properties.length() >= TEXTURE_ALPHA_SOURCE_MIN_SIZE) {
                             tex.assign<uint8_t>(tex.alphaSource, subobject.properties.at(0).value<int>());
diff --git a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
index 871705d74b..66cf42fb8a 100644
--- a/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
+++ b/libraries/script-engine/src/ScriptEngines.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,6 @@ int ScriptEngines::runScriptInitializers(ScriptEnginePointer scriptEngine) {
     int ii=0;
     for (auto initializer : _scriptInitializers) {
         ii++;
-        qDebug() << "initializer" << ii;
         initializer(scriptEngine);
     }
     return ii;
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/shared/MiniPromises.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/shared/MiniPromises.cpp
index bb78852c29..21a3f44d50 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/shared/MiniPromises.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/shared/MiniPromises.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,5 @@ namespace {
 }
 void MiniPromise::registerMetaTypes(QObject* engine) {
     auto scriptEngine = qobject_cast<QScriptEngine*>(engine);
-    qDebug() << "----------------------- MiniPromise::registerMetaTypes ------------" << scriptEngine;
     qScriptRegisterMetaType(scriptEngine, promiseToScriptValue, promiseFromScriptValue);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/shared/src/shared/Storage.cpp b/libraries/shared/src/shared/Storage.cpp
index 8fe1454242..b983213e4a 100644
--- a/libraries/shared/src/shared/Storage.cpp
+++ b/libraries/shared/src/shared/Storage.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
-#include <QtCore/QLoggingCategory>
+#include "StorageLogging.h"
 
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(storagelogging, "hifi.core.storage")
 
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ FileStorage::~FileStorage() {
     if (_file.isOpen()) {
         _file.close();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/libraries/ui/src/ui/OffscreenQmlSurface.cpp b/libraries/ui/src/ui/OffscreenQmlSurface.cpp
index 43b573a169..ac4194ed55 100644
--- a/libraries/ui/src/ui/OffscreenQmlSurface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/ui/src/ui/OffscreenQmlSurface.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class AudioHandler : public QObject, QRunnable {
 public:
     AudioHandler(OffscreenQmlSurface* surface, const QString& deviceName, QObject* parent = nullptr);
 
-    virtual ~AudioHandler() { qDebug() << "Audio Handler Destroyed"; }
+    virtual ~AudioHandler() { }
 
     void run() override;