C# release version has still .pdb file

Question

I want to deploy the release version of my application done in C#.

When I build using the Release config, I still can see that .pdb files a

Answer 1

The default is to generate PDBs for release builds as well. That is a feature and you shouldn't disable it. Generating PDBs means you can get more information when debugging. The performance of the code is not affected in any way by the presence of PDB files.