remove Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Removes a verb/path mapping to an IHttpHandler interface.

<configuration> Element
  system.web Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
    httpHandlers Element (ASP.NET Settings Schema)
      remove Element for httpHandlers (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

<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

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