ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection.Remove(String) Method

Definition

Removes the ConfigurationSectionGroup object whose name is specified from this ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection object.

C#
public void Remove(string name);

Parameters

name
String

The name of the section group to be removed.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the Remove method.

C#
       static void Remove()
       {

           try
           {

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

               ConfigurationSectionGroup customGroup =
                   config.SectionGroups.Get("CustomGroup");

               if (customGroup != null)
               {
                   config.SectionGroups.Remove("CustomGroup");
                   config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full);
               }
               else
                   Console.WriteLine(
                       "CustomGroup does not exists.");
           }
           catch (ConfigurationErrorsException err)
           {
               Console.WriteLine(err.ToString());
           }
       }

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET 8 (package-provided), 9 (package-provided), 10 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

See also