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How to delete a content type from the site using CSOM in SharePoint 2013


Namespaces:
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
Assemblies:
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll;
Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.RunTime.dll;
Code Snippet:

 using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;

namespace CSOMSamples
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //// String Variable to store the siteURL
            string siteURL = "http://c4968397007/";

            //// Get the context for the SharePoint Site to access the data
            ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext(siteURL);

            //// Get the content type using ID: 0x0100F8DA015AEB4884418DF6E42396186F67 - is the ID of the "Custom" content Type
            ContentType ct = clientContext.Web.ContentTypes.GetById("0x0100F8DA015AEB4884418DF6E42396186F67");

            //// Delete the content type
            ct.DeleteObject();
            clientContext.ExecuteQuery();            
        }
    }
}