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Asked: 2026-05-28T02:52:20+00:00

In my Visual Studio (2010 C#) solution, I need to delete all lines of

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In my Visual Studio (2010 C#) solution, I need to delete all lines of code that contain a matching string pattern.

For example, I want to delete all lines that contain “.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;”. The Find and Replace feature of Visual Studio isn’t good enough, because you cannot tell it to wipe out the matching lines.

So I think I would need a macro for that. Any help is appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I tend to create macros in VS by running the macro recorder then editing the resulting code.

    So, manually search for the pattern, and press F3. Stop the macro then (or press the line-start key, select to end of line, press delete and then stop the macro).

    Edit the macro, the command to delete a line is:

    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.SelectLine()
DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Delete()

    You can set the find text with FindText:

    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.FindText(".BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;", vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsFromStart)
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