Prevent a Console App (.NET Core) from printing "exited with code 0." in VS2019

Question

When I start a Console App (.NET Core) with Ctrl+F5 (Start Without Debugging) in Visual Studio Community 2019 (Version 16.3.1), the following message is appended in the Console window at the end:

C:\HelloWorld\bin\Debug etcoreapp3.0\HelloWorld.exe (process 1672) exited with code 0.

using System;

namespace HelloWorld
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Hello World!");
        }
    }
}

Is there any way to prevent Visual Studio 2019 from printing this message? I tried the solution from preventing a similar message from appearing in the Output Window, by changing the option: Tools > Options > Debugging > Output Window > Process Exit Messages = Off, but it has no effect in the Console Window.

Note: this message is not shown in Visual Studio 2017. It is only shown in Visual Studio 2019, and only on .NET Core apps.

user_9453080 · Answer

You can disable it by checking the Tools > Options > Debugging > General > Automatically close the console when debugging stops option:

As stated by the console itself (Visual Studio 2019 v16.3.2):

That will make the console just print Press any key to continue... by starting without debugging (CTRL + F5) and not the exit code (still leaves the console open):

Prevent a Console App (.NET Core) from printing "exited with code 0." in VS2019

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