Viewstate still coming on page source

Question

In the page directive of my page I have set EnableViewState="false". But I am still seeing some viewstate on my page source with this field

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

How can I remove the view state completely. I am using .NET 4.

Answer 1

What you're seeing is Control State. It cannot be turned off.

Answer 2

try using ViewStateMode property , as you are using .net 4

ViewStateMode="Disabled"

check for these links

1. Viewstate controling asp.net 4.0

Answer 3

You can't, it's a feature of webforms. If you don't like this, use MVC instead.