SPGroup.RemoveUser Method

Removes the specified user from the group.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Available in Sandboxed Solutions: Yes
Available in SharePoint Online

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub RemoveUser ( _
    user As SPUser _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As SPGroup
Dim user As SPUser

instance.RemoveUser(user)

public void RemoveUser(
    SPUser user
)

Parameters

• user
  Type: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUser

  The user to be removed from the group.

Remarks

This method removes the user from the group as specified by the Users property.

Examples

The following code example removes a specified user from every group in a site collection.

Dim site As SPWeb = SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb
Try
    Dim myGroups As SPGroupCollection = site.SiteGroups
    Dim user As SPUser = site.Users("User_Name")
            
    Dim group As SPGroup
    For Each group In  myGroups
        group.RemoveUser(user)
    Next group
Finally
    site.Dispose()
End Try

using (SPWeb oWebsiteRoot = SPContext.Current.Site.RootWeb)
{
    SPGroupCollection collGroups = oWebsiteRoot.SiteGroups;
    SPUser oUser = oWebsiteRoot.Users["User_Name"];

    foreach (SPGroup oGroup in collGroups)
    {
        oGroup.RemoveUser(oUser);
    }
}

See Also

Reference

SPGroup Class

SPGroup Members

Microsoft.SharePoint Namespace