# Ionic 5 cordova chrome debug console not removed in release

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-5-cordova-chrome-debug-console-not-removed-in-release/188799>\
**Category:** cordova\
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-5-cordova-chrome-debug-console-not-removed-in-release/188799 "2020-05-05T08:35:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![iot-dev01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@iot-dev01](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iot-dev01)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ionic-5-cordova-chrome-debug-console-not-removed-in-release/188799/1 "2020-05-05T08:35:42Z")

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Hi,  
we have the following Problem with our app release:

After a android cordova release build and signing the chrome debugger console is not removed like expected.

**Steps to reproduce:**

create the tabs app -\> build in release and sign -\> install on a device  
`ionic cordova build android --prod --release` for build  
`jarsigner` for signing

**Ionic info:**

```auto
Ionic:
   Ionic CLI : 5.4.9
   Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 5.1.0
   @angular-devkit/build-angular : 0.803.26
   @angular-devkit/schematics : 8.3.26
   @angular/cli : 8.3.26
   @ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.2.0
Cordova:
   Cordova CLI : 9.0.0 (cordova-lib@9.0.1)
   Cordova Platforms : android 8.1.0
   Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.2.1, (and 4 other plugins)
Utility:
   cordova-res : 0.9.0
   native-run : 0.2.8 (update available: 0.3.0)
System:
   NodeJS : v10.16.0
   npm : 6.9.0
   OS : Windows 10

```