How to remove an item of a Dictionary with C#

Remove Item

The following code snippet creates a Dictionary and adds an item to it by using the Add method. 

Dictionary<string, Int16> AuthorList = new Dictionary<string, Int16>();
AuthorList.Add("Mahesh Chand", 35);

The Remove method removes an item with the specified key from the collection. The following code snippet removes an item.

// Remove item with key = 'Mahesh Chand'
AuthorList.Remove("Mahesh Chand"); 

The Clear method removes all items from the collection. The following code snippet removes all items by calling the Clear method.

// Remove all items

AuthorList.Clear();