remove Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema) 

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