ConfigurationSectionCollection.Remove(String) Method

public:
 void Remove(System::String ^ name);

public void Remove(string name);

member this.Remove : string -> unit

Public Sub Remove (name As String)

Parameters

Examples

The following example shows how to use the Remove method.

static void Remove()
{

    try
    {
        System.Configuration.Configuration config =
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None);

        CustomSection customSection =
            config.GetSection(
            "CustomSection") as CustomSection;

        if (customSection != null)
        {
            config.Sections.Remove("CustomSection");
            customSection.SectionInformation.ForceSave = true;
            config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
        }
        else
            Console.WriteLine(
                "CustomSection does not exists.");
    }
    catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
    }
}

Shared Sub Remove()

    Try
        Dim config _
        As System.Configuration.Configuration = _
        ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration( _
        ConfigurationUserLevel.None)

        Dim customSection As CustomSection = _
        config.GetSection("CustomSection")


        If Not (customSection Is Nothing) Then
            config.Sections.Remove("CustomSection")
            customSection.SectionInformation.ForceSave = True
            config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full)
        Else
            Console.WriteLine( _
            "CustomSection does not exists.")
        End If

    Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
        Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
    End Try
End Sub

See also

• Configuration
• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSection