How to disable ViewState for a .aspx page?

asp.net viewstate
Mridul Raj picture Mridul Raj · Oct 3, 2012 · Viewed 40.5k times · Source

I need to completely disable ViewState for a .aspx page inside my web application. I have gone through different blogs and what I understand is that we must set <%@ Page EnableViewState="false" ...%>, but this is not working.

Is this enough to disable ViewState for all the controls inside the page? Or should I make any additional modifications? If so, please specify them. I don't want the ViewState enabled for even a single control inside the .aspx page

Answer

Johnny picture Johnny · Sep 23, 2016

Disabling View State

  1. Machine Level - Disabling view state at machine level in machine.config, will disable ViewState of all the applications on the web server.
<Machine.config>
   <system.web>
      <pages enableViewState="false" />
   </system.web>
</Machine.config>
  1. Application Level - You can disable ViewState for all pages in /web.config file.
<configuration>
   <system.web>
      <pages enableViewState="false" />
   </system.web>
</configuration>
  1. Page Level - Disabling view state for a specific aspx file at the top.

<%@ Page Language="C#" .. EnableViewState="false" .. %>

  1. Control Level - You can disable ViewState for a specific control.

<asp:TextBox EnableViewState="false" ID="Name" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>

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