When building React Native apps, console.log is your best friend during development. But leaving it in your production build is a silent performance killer — and a potential security risk. In this post, I'll show you the cleanest way to automatically strip all console statements from your release builds with zero effort. Why You Should Remove Console.logs in Production Before jumping into the solution, here's why it matters: Performance — Every console.log call serializes its arguments and sends them over the JS bridge, adding overhead to the JavaScript thread. In loops or frequent renders, this adds up fast. Security — Sensitive data like API tokens, user info, or session data can be exposed in device logs. On Android, logs are readable via adb logcat on rooted devices. Cleaner builds — Production logs should only contain critical information, not debug noise.…