# MergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace Property

> Specifies whether trailing whitespace should be removed before saving a document. The default value is true.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 31.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.Core.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.Core.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.ASP.SDK` (assembly `TXDocumentServer.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDocumentServer.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.DocumentServer.DataSources > MergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace Property
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- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removetrailingwhitespace-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removetrailingwhitespace-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removetrailingwhitespace-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies whether trailing whitespace should be removed before saving a document. The default value is true.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool RemoveTrailingWhitespace { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property RemoveTrailingWhitespace As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace` to configure remove trailing whitespace as part of the merge settings workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace = true;
if (mergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Merge Settings: Remove Trailing Whitespace is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
mergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace = True
If mergeSettings.RemoveTrailingWhitespace Then
    Console.WriteLine("Merge Settings: Remove Trailing Whitespace is enabled.")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [MergeSettings.RemoveEmptyLines Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-datasources/mergesettings/removeemptylines-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TXTextControl.DocumentServer.Fields namespace](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver-fields/llms-full.txt)