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Expand Up @@ -540,3 +540,58 @@ Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
End Using
{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}

## Remove Data Validation

The following code snippet illustrates how to remove data validation rules from a worksheet.

{% tabs %}
{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Cross-platform]" playgroundButtonLink="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/master/Data%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/.NET/Remove%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/Program.cs,180" %}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open(Path.GetFullPath(@"Data/InputTemplate.xlsx"));
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

//Removing data validation from the worksheet
worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations);

//Saving the workbook
workbook.SaveAs(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.xlsx"));
}
{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight c# tabtitle="C# [Windows-specific]" %}
using (ExcelEngine excelEngine = new ExcelEngine())
{
IApplication application = excelEngine.Excel;
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx;
IWorkbook workbook = application.Workbooks.Open("InputTemplate.xlsx");
IWorksheet worksheet = workbook.Worksheets[0];

//Removing data validation from the worksheet
worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations);

//Saving the workbook
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx");
}
{% endhighlight %}

{% highlight vb.net tabtitle="VB.NET [Windows-specific]" %}
Using excelEngine As ExcelEngine = New ExcelEngine()
Dim application As IApplication = excelEngine.Excel
application.DefaultVersion = ExcelVersion.Xlsx
Dim workbook As IWorkbook = application.Workbooks.Open("InputTemplate.xlsx")
Dim worksheet As IWorksheet = workbook.Worksheets(0)

'Removing data validation from the worksheet
worksheet.UsedRange.Clear(ExcelClearOptions.ClearDataValidations)

'Saving the workbook
workbook.SaveAs("Output.xlsx")
End Using
{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}

A complete working example to remove validations from a worksheet in C# is present on <a href="https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/XlsIO-Examples/tree/master/Data%20Validation/Remove%20Validation/.NET/Remove%20Validation">this GitHub page</a>.