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remove Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema) 

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Removes a verb/path mapping to an IHttpHandler interface.

<remove verb="[verb list]" path-"path"/>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description

verb

Required attribute.

Specifies the verb list that matches the verb list of the handler to remove.

path

Required attribute.

Specifies the path that matches the path of the handler to remove.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description

configuration

Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.

system.web

Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration section.

httpHandlers

Maps incoming requests to the appropriate handler, according to the URL and the HTTP verb that are specified in the request.

Remarks

The remove directive must exactly match the verb/path mapping of a previous <add> directive. Wildcard characters are not supported.

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to remove all handler mappings to SOAP handlers.

<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <httpHandlers>
         <remove verb="*" path="*.soap"/>
      </httpHandlers>
   </system.web>
</configuration>

Element Information

Configuration section handler

System.Web.Configuration.HttpHandlersSection

Configuration member

System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebSectionGroup.HttpHandlers

Configurable locations

Machine.config

Root-level Web.config

Application-level Web.config

Virtual or physical directory–level Web.config

Requirements

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0, 5.1, or 6.0

The .NET Framework version 1.0, 1.1, or 2.0

Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 or Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

httpHandlers Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
<configuration> Element
add Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
clear Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Web Server Controls and Browser Capabilities
Securing ASP.NET Configuration
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios

Other Resources

ASP.NET Configuration Files
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration API