clear Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Removes all of the Web Parts providers from the collection.

<clear />

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
configuration	The required root element in every configuration file used by the common language runtime and .NET Framework applications.
system.web	Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file. Contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave.
webParts	Allows you to specify a Web Parts personalization provider, set personalization authorizations, and add custom classes that extend the Transformer class for use by Web Parts connections.
personalization	Specifies the Web Parts personalization provider and sets Web Parts personalization authorizations.
providers	Defines the Web Parts personalization providers for the current Web application.

Remarks

Default Configuration

The following default clear element is not explicitly configured in the machine configuration file or in the root Web.config file, but is the default configuration returned by an application in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

<personalization defaultProvider="AspNetSqlPersonalizationProvider">
  <providers>
    <clear />
  </providers>
</personalization>

Example

The following example shows how to clear all providers from the collection.

<providers>
  <clear />
</providers>

Element Information

Configuration Section Handler	System.Web.Configuration.WebPartsSection
Configuration Member	System.Web.Configuration.WebPartsPersonalization.Providers
Configurable Locations	Machine.config Root level Web.config Application level Web.config
Requirements	IIS version 5.0, IIS version 5.1, and IIS version 6.0 .NET Framework version 2.0 Visual Studio 2005

See Also

Tasks

How to: Configure Specific Directories Using Location Settings
How to: Lock ASP.NET Configuration Settings

Reference

system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
configuration Element (General Settings Schema)
add Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
remove Element for providers for webParts (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
WebPartsSection
WebPartsPersonalization
System.Configuration
System.Web.Configuration

Concepts

ASP.NET Configuration Overview
ASP.NET Configuration Scenarios
Securing ASP.NET Configuration

Other Resources

General Configuration Settings (ASP.NET)
ASP.NET Configuration Settings
Configuring ASP.NET Applications
ASP.NET Configuration API