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Asked: 2026-06-13T19:05:11+00:00

When developing I understand why PDB files are build. But when I deploy my

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When developing I understand why PDB files are build.
But when I deploy my website for the production server the PDB files does still exists.
I dont’s understand why.

Should I delete them in production environment or leave them

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  1. Editorial Team

    The PDB files allow Stack Traces of your code to be logged when your application throws an Unhandled Exception.

    If your website has CustomErrors in the web.config set to OFF then your erroring code will be visible to everybody. This is BAD.

    If your website has CustomErrors in the web.config set to ON or RemoteOnly then your erroring code will not be visible to the public, however you will be able to find the StackTrace in the server Event Log and this may help you to track down errors in your code. This is OK.

    If you delete the PDBs (or stop then from publishing via your project build/publish configuration) then your site will not log your code in your Stack Trace, however it will log other stack information. In any case, always set CustomErrors in the web.config to ON or RemoteOnly. Always Do this.

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