How to get rid of View State completely in .NET

Question

How can I get rid of:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="..."/>

Completely !

Answer 1

You need to add the EnableViewState="false" to the @Page directive in the Default.aspx file.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"
Codebehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Sample._Default"
EnableViewState="false" %>

Then, add the following code to the Default.aspx.cs file. This removes the hidden field from the generated HTML.

    #region Disable ViewState
    protected override void SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium(object state)
    {
    }
    protected override object LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium()
    {
        return null;
    }
    #endregion