diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
index fd8c82c0..f336f11c 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from . import pl
+from ._logging import set_verbosity
 
-__all__ = ["pl"]
+__all__ = ["pl", "set_verbosity"]
 
 __version__ = version("spatialdata-plot")
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
index 364cba27..e73fd949 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/_logging.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from ._settings import settings
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from _pytest.logging import LogCaptureFixture
 
@@ -15,10 +17,14 @@ def _setup_logger() -> "logging.Logger":
     from rich.logging import RichHandler
 
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-    logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+    level = logging.INFO if settings.verbose else logging.WARNING
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+
     console = Console(force_terminal=True)
     if console.is_jupyter is True:
         console.is_jupyter = False
+
     ch = RichHandler(show_path=False, console=console, show_time=False)
     logger.addHandler(ch)
 
@@ -69,3 +75,8 @@ def logger_warns(
         if not any(pattern.search(r.getMessage()) for r in records):
             msgs = [r.getMessage() for r in records]
             raise AssertionError(f"Did not find log matching {match!r} in records: {msgs!r}")
+
+
+def set_verbosity(verbose: bool = True) -> None:
+    level = logging.INFO if verbose else logging.WARNING
+    logger.setLevel(level)
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_plot/_settings.py b/src/spatialdata_plot/_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff6555f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/spatialdata_plot/_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Settings:
+    verbose: bool = False
+
+
+settings = Settings()
diff --git a/tests/pl/test_logging.py b/tests/pl/test_logging.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d07a717e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pl/test_logging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import io
+import logging
+
+from spatialdata import SpatialData
+
+import spatialdata_plot
+from tests.conftest import PlotTester, PlotTesterMeta
+
+
+class TestLogging(PlotTester, metaclass=PlotTesterMeta):
+    def test_default_verbosity_hides_info(self, sdata_blobs: SpatialData):
+        """INFO logs should be hidden by default."""
+        spatialdata_plot.set_verbosity(False)  # ensure default verbosity
+
+        # Replace all handlers temporarily
+        logger = spatialdata_plot._logging.logger
+        original_handlers = logger.handlers[:]
+        logger.handlers = []
+
+        log_stream = io.StringIO()
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(log_stream)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+        # Run the function
+        sdata_blobs.pl.render_shapes("blobs_circles", method="datashader").pl.show()
+
+        # Check captured logs — should NOT contain the datashader info message
+        logs = log_stream.getvalue()
+        assert "Using 'datashader' backend" not in logs
+
+        # Restore original handlers
+        logger.handlers = original_handlers
+
+    def test_verbose_verbosity_shows_info(self, sdata_blobs):
+        spatialdata_plot.set_verbosity(True)
+
+        # Replace all handlers temporarily
+        logger = spatialdata_plot._logging.logger
+        original_handlers = logger.handlers[:]
+        logger.handlers = []
+
+        log_stream = io.StringIO()
+        handler = logging.StreamHandler(log_stream)
+        handler.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+        logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+        # Run the function
+        sdata_blobs.pl.render_shapes("blobs_circles", method="datashader").pl.show()
+
+        # Check captured logs
+        logs = log_stream.getvalue()
+        assert "Using 'datashader' backend" in logs
+
+        # Restore original handlers
+        logger.handlers = original_handlers
+        spatialdata_plot.set_verbosity(False)