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title: "Remove Fields in Java"
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## Purpose Summary

This page explains how to remove fields from a Word document using Aspose.Words.

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Sometimes it is necessary to remove a field from a document. This may occur when it needs to be replaced with a different field type or when the field is no longer needed in the document. For example the `TOC` field when saving to HTML.

To remove a field inserted into a document using [DocumentBuilder](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/documentbuilder/).[InsertField](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/documentbuilder/#insertField-int-boolean), use the returned [Field](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/field/) object, which provides a convenient [Remove](https://reference.aspose.com/words/java/com.aspose.words/field/#remove) method for easily removing the field from the document.

The following code example shows how to remove a field from the document:

{{< gist "aspose-words-gists" "a91d9deeec5a712c459cee506e7e7fc0" "remove-field.java" >}}

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You can download the sample file of this example from [Aspose.Words GitHub](https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Java/blob/master/Examples/Data/Various%20fields.docx).

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