Junior EF Core

What is .AsNoTracking()?

When to use it?

.AsNoTracking() tells EF Core not to track entities in the returned query.

✅ Use when:

  • Read-only operations
  • Improving performance for large queries
  • Preventing memory overhead of tracking

Example:

var users = context.Users.AsNoTracking().ToList();

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