diff --git a/docs/source-pytorch/common/progress_bar.rst b/docs/source-pytorch/common/progress_bar.rst
index f16846e8c9f6e..e0c29fccdc494 100644
--- a/docs/source-pytorch/common/progress_bar.rst
+++ b/docs/source-pytorch/common/progress_bar.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ You can update ``refresh_rate`` (rate (number of batches) at which the progress
 
     trainer = Trainer(callbacks=[TQDMProgressBar(refresh_rate=10)])
 
+By default the training progress bar is reset (overwritten) at each new epoch.
+If you wish for a new progress bar to be displayed at the end of every epoch, set
+:paramref:`TQDMProgressBar.leave <lightning.pytorch.callbacks.TQDMProgressBar.leave>` to ``True``.
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    trainer = Trainer(callbacks=[TQDMProgressBar(leave=True)])
+
 If you want to customize the default :class:`~lightning.pytorch.callbacks.TQDMProgressBar` used by Lightning, you can override
 specific methods of the callback class and pass your custom implementation to the :class:`~lightning.pytorch.trainer.trainer.Trainer`.
 
diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/CHANGELOG.md b/src/lightning/pytorch/CHANGELOG.md
index a085f0adb6328..3091e1ea9b297 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 - Added a flag `verbose` to the `seed_everything()` function ([#20108](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/pull/20108))
 
--
+- The `TQDMProgressBar` now provides an option to retain prior training epoch bars ([#19578](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/pytorch-lightning/pull/19578))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/progress/tqdm_progress.py b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/progress/tqdm_progress.py
index bf9e238a01ead..b28de65c9bdd8 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/progress/tqdm_progress.py
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/progress/tqdm_progress.py
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ class TQDMProgressBar(ProgressBar):
             together. This corresponds to
             :paramref:`~lightning.pytorch.trainer.trainer.Trainer.process_position` in the
             :class:`~lightning.pytorch.trainer.trainer.Trainer`.
+        leave: If set to ``True``, leaves the finished progress bar in the terminal at the end of the epoch.
+            Default: ``False``
 
     """
 
     BAR_FORMAT = "{l_bar}{bar}| {n_fmt}/{total_fmt} [{elapsed}<{remaining}, {rate_noinv_fmt}{postfix}]"
 
-    def __init__(self, refresh_rate: int = 1, process_position: int = 0):
+    def __init__(self, refresh_rate: int = 1, process_position: int = 0, leave: bool = False):
         super().__init__()
         self._refresh_rate = self._resolve_refresh_rate(refresh_rate)
         self._process_position = process_position
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ def __init__(self, refresh_rate: int = 1, process_position: int = 0):
         self._val_progress_bar: Optional[_tqdm] = None
         self._test_progress_bar: Optional[_tqdm] = None
         self._predict_progress_bar: Optional[_tqdm] = None
+        self._leave = leave
 
     def __getstate__(self) -> Dict:
         # can't pickle the tqdm objects
@@ -262,6 +265,8 @@ def on_train_start(self, *_: Any) -> None:
 
     @override
     def on_train_epoch_start(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer", *_: Any) -> None:
+        if self._leave:
+            self.train_progress_bar = self.init_train_tqdm()
         self.train_progress_bar.reset(convert_inf(self.total_train_batches))
         self.train_progress_bar.initial = 0
         self.train_progress_bar.set_description(f"Epoch {trainer.current_epoch}")
@@ -279,6 +284,8 @@ def on_train_batch_end(
     def on_train_epoch_end(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer", pl_module: "pl.LightningModule") -> None:
         if not self.train_progress_bar.disable:
             self.train_progress_bar.set_postfix(self.get_metrics(trainer, pl_module))
+        if self._leave:
+            self.train_progress_bar.close()
 
     @override
     def on_train_end(self, *_: Any) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/progress/test_tqdm_progress_bar.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/progress/test_tqdm_progress_bar.py
index e98f9077f8fcb..d5187d5a1e325 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/progress/test_tqdm_progress_bar.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/progress/test_tqdm_progress_bar.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from typing import Union
 from unittest import mock
-from unittest.mock import ANY, PropertyMock, call
+from unittest.mock import ANY, Mock, PropertyMock, call
 
 import pytest
 import torch
@@ -783,3 +783,20 @@ def test_tqdm_progress_bar_disabled_when_not_rank_zero(is_global_zero):
     pbar.enable()
     trainer.test(model)
     assert pbar.is_disabled
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("leave", [True, False])
+def test_tqdm_leave(leave, tmp_path):
+    pbar = TQDMProgressBar(leave=leave)
+    pbar.init_train_tqdm = Mock(wraps=pbar.init_train_tqdm)
+    model = BoringModel()
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        default_root_dir=tmp_path,
+        callbacks=[pbar],
+        max_epochs=3,
+        limit_train_batches=1,
+        limit_val_batches=1,
+        benchmark=True,
+    )
+    trainer.fit(model)
+    assert pbar.init_train_tqdm.call_count == (4 if leave else 1)