ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection.Remove(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Configuration

Assembly:

System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.dll

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

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

public void Remove (string name);

member this.Remove : string -> unit

Public Sub Remove (name As String)

Parameters

name

String

The name of the section group to be removed.

Examples

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

       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());
           }
       }

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

         Dim groups _
         As ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection = _
         config.SectionGroups

         Dim customGroup _
         As ConfigurationSectionGroup = groups.Get("CustomGroup")
      
      If Not (customGroup Is Nothing) Then
         config.SectionGroups.Remove("CustomGroup")
         config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Full)
      Else
             Console.WriteLine( _
             "CustomGroup does not exists.")
      End If
   
   Catch err As ConfigurationErrorsException
      Console.WriteLine(err.ToString())
   End Try
End Sub

See also

• ConfigurationSectionGroup
• ConfigurationSectionCollection
• ConfigurationSection