# MailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields Property

> Specifies whether empty fields should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 14.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.DocumentServer`
- **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 > MailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields Property
- **370 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/removeemptyfields-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/removeemptyfields-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-documentserver/mailmerge/removeemptyfields-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies whether empty fields should be removed from the template or not. The default value is true.

### Syntax

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

```vbnet
Public Property RemoveEmptyFields As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `MailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields` to configure remove empty fields as part of the mail merge workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
mailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields = true;
if (mailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge: Remove Empty Fields is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
mailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields = True
If mailMerge.RemoveEmptyFields Then
    Console.WriteLine("Mail Merge: Remove Empty Fields is enabled.")
End If
```

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