Log file shrinking in SQL server

Hi,
I have a log file with initial size of 80 GB in C drive.
Now we are having space issue in C drive, so i tried to shrink the log file, but its not reducing below initial size.
Is it the default behavior or i missed anything while shrinking ?
I used DBCC SHRINKFILE option to shrink it.
How can i change the initial size of the log file ?
If it has been set as 80 GB , because of that am i not able to free space in C drive ?
Thanks,
Vinodh Selvaraj

Hello,
Please check first the log reuse wait state of the databases, may you have to run an additional log backup before you can shrink the log file
select name, log_reuse_wait_desc
from sys.databases
order by name
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