diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9334beea..8ef51d71 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 - Add logging and print redirect to tqdm for capa main [#749](https://github.com/mandiant/capa/issues/749) [@Aayush-Goel-04](https://github.com/aayush-goel-04)
 - extractor: fix binja installation path detection does not work with Python 3.11
 - tests: refine the IDA test runner script #1513 @williballenthin
+- output: don't leave behind traces of progress bar @williballenthin
 
 ### capa explorer IDA Pro plugin
 
diff --git a/capa/main.py b/capa/main.py
index bdf0cec3..af52b82d 100644
--- a/capa/main.py
+++ b/capa/main.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def find_capabilities(ruleset: RuleSet, extractor: FeatureExtractor, disable_pro
             functions = list(extractor.get_functions())
             n_funcs = len(functions)
 
-            pb = pbar(functions, desc="matching", unit=" functions", postfix="skipped 0 library functions")
+            pb = pbar(functions, desc="matching", unit=" functions", postfix="skipped 0 library functions", leave=False)
             for f in pb:
                 if extractor.is_library_function(f.address):
                     function_name = extractor.get_function_name(f.address)
diff --git a/scripts/lint.py b/scripts/lint.py
index a80d3e12..8348cdea 100644
--- a/scripts/lint.py
+++ b/scripts/lint.py
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ def lint(ctx: Context):
     ret = {}
 
     source_rules = [rule for rule in ctx.rules.rules.values() if not rule.is_subscope_rule()]
-    with tqdm.contrib.logging.tqdm_logging_redirect(source_rules, unit="rule") as pbar:
+    with tqdm.contrib.logging.tqdm_logging_redirect(source_rules, unit="rule", leave=False) as pbar:
         with capa.helpers.redirecting_print_to_tqdm(False):
             for rule in pbar:
                 name = rule.name
diff --git a/scripts/profile-time.py b/scripts/profile-time.py
index 09d125d8..7ce28962 100644
--- a/scripts/profile-time.py
+++ b/scripts/profile-time.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def main(argv=None):
             args.sample, args.format, args.os, capa.main.BACKEND_VIV, sig_paths, should_save_workspace=False
         )
 
-    with tqdm.tqdm(total=args.number * args.repeat) as pbar:
+    with tqdm.tqdm(total=args.number * args.repeat, leave=False) as pbar:
 
         def do_iteration():
             capa.perf.reset()