---
id: "M:cAlgo.API.MultiSelect.RemoveItem(System.String)"
kind: "method"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.MultiSelect"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/MultiSelect/RemoveItem/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# MultiSelect.RemoveItem

Member of [MultiSelect](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Controls/MultiSelect/index.md).

## RemoveItem(string item)

Removes an existing item from the MultiSelect

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.
- Cloud: Accepted without error but never displayed, so control events such as Click are never raised.

C#:

```csharp
public bool RemoveItem(string item)
```

Python:

```python
multiSelect.RemoveItem(item: str) -> bool
```

### Parameters

- `item` (`string`, Python `str`): The string value that will be removed from MultiSelect

### Returns

`bool` — True if remove succeeded otherwise False

Available since cAlgo.API 5.6.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var multiSelect = new MultiSelect();
multiSelect.AddItem("EURUSD");
multiSelect.AddItem("XAUUSD");
var isRemoved = multiSelect.RemoveItem("XAUUSD");
Chart.AddControl(multiSelect);
Print("Removed: {0}, items left: {1}", isRemoved, multiSelect.Items.Count);
```

Python:

```python
multiSelect = MultiSelect()
multiSelect.AddItem("EURUSD")
multiSelect.AddItem("XAUUSD")
isRemoved = multiSelect.RemoveItem("XAUUSD")
api.Chart.AddControl(multiSelect)
api.Print(f"Removed: {isRemoved}, items left: {multiSelect.Items.Count}")
```