How to get rid of View State completely in .NET

How can I get rid of:

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

Completely !

From stackoverflow

• I think you can disable it in machine.config :

  < Pages enableViewState="false"/>

  That should disable viewstate for all pages.

• At the control level, EnableViewState="false".

  At the page level, EnableViewState=false in the Page directive.

  At the applicaiton level add this to .config, < pages enableViewState="false" >

• You need to add the EnableViewState="false" to the @Page directive in the Default.aspx file.

  <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"
  Codebehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Sample._Default"
  EnableViewState="false" %>
  

  Then, add the following code to the Default.aspx.cs file. This removes the hidden field from the generated HTML.

      #region Disable ViewState
      protected override void SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium(object state)
      {
      }
      protected override object LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium()
      {
          return null;
      }
      #endregion
  

• #region Disable ViewState
  protected override void SavePageStateToPersistenceMedium(object state)
  {
  }
  protected override object LoadPageStateFromPersistenceMedium()
  {
      return null;
  }
  #endregion
  

  This is awesome.However, just to let everyone know it's still rendering an empty viewstate hidden field

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