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Add and Remove Tabs with TabControl	Learn how to add and remove tabs with the Windows Forms TabControl control, which contains two TabPage controls. Access these tabs through the TabPages property.	03/30/2017	csharp vb cpp	tabs [Windows Forms], removing from pages TabPage control TabControl control [Windows Forms], adding and removing tabs tabs [Windows Forms], adding to pages tab pages	66d4dfca-41e8-44e3-9c80-fb7ac4cb1619

How to: Add and Remove Tabs with the Windows Forms TabControl

By default, a xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl control contains two xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabPage controls. You can access these tabs through the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPages%2A property.

To add a tab programmatically

• Use the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPageCollection.Add%2A method of the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPages%2A property.

  Dim myTabPage As New TabPage()  
  myTabPage.Text = "TabPage" & (TabControl1.TabPages.Count + 1)  
  TabControl1.TabPages.Add(myTabPage)  
  

  string title = "TabPage " + (tabControl1.TabCount + 1).ToString();  
  TabPage myTabPage = new TabPage(title);  
  tabControl1.TabPages.Add(myTabPage);  
  

  String^ title = String::Concat("TabPage ",  
     (tabControl1->TabCount + 1).ToString());  
  TabPage^ myTabPage = gcnew TabPage(title);  
  tabControl1->TabPages->Add(myTabPage);  
  

To remove a tab programmatically

• To remove selected tabs, use the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPageCollection.Remove%2A method of the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPages%2A property.

  -or-

• To remove all tabs, use the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPageCollection.Clear%2A method of the xref:System.Windows.Forms.TabControl.TabPages%2A property.

  ' Removes the selected tab:  
  TabControl1.TabPages.Remove(TabControl1.SelectedTab)  
  ' Removes all the tabs:  
  TabControl1.TabPages.Clear()  
  

  // Removes the selected tab:  
  tabControl1.TabPages.Remove(tabControl1.SelectedTab);  
  // Removes all the tabs:  
  tabControl1.TabPages.Clear();  
  

  // Removes the selected tab:  
  tabControl1->TabPages->Remove(tabControl1->SelectedTab);  
  // Removes all the tabs:  
  tabControl1->TabPages->Clear();  
  

See also

• TabControl Control Overview
• How to: Add a Control to a Tab Page
• How to: Disable Tab Pages
• How to: Change the Appearance of the Windows Forms TabControl