clear Element for httpModules (ASP.NET Settings Schema)

Removes all httpModules from an application.

<clear/>

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

None.

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.

httpModules

Configures the HTTP modules within an application.

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to clear all httpModules from an application.

<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <httpModules>
      <clear/>
    </httpModules>
  <system.web>
</configuration> 

Element Information

Configuration Section Handler

System.Web.Configuration.HttpModulesSection

Configuration member

System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebSectionGroup.HttpModules

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

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