# Removing Watermark

## Content

The watermark appears in the text area of the **C1FilePicker** control by default and can give directions or suggestions for users at run time. You can customize the watermark text by setting the **Watermark** property to the value you want to appear.

If you do not want a watermark to appear, you can set the **Watermark** property to a blank value, for example see the steps below.

### In XAML

To set the Watermark property add Watermark="" to the \<c1:C1FilePicker> tag so that it appears similar to the following:

```xml
<c1:C1FilePicker HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="112,36,0,0" Name="C1FilePicker1" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="161" Watermark="" />
```

### In Code

To set the Watermark property, add the following code to your project:

```vbnet
Me.C1FilePicker1.Watermark = ""
```

```csharp
this.c1FilePicker1.Watermark = "";
```

### At Design Time

To set the **Watermark** property, complete the following steps:

1. Click the **C1FilePicker** control once to select it.
2. Navigate to the Properties window and locate the **Watermark** item.
3. Click in the text box next to the **Watermark** item, and delete the current text.

This will set the Watermark property to a blank value.
Run the application, and observe that the caption bar of the **C1FilePicker** control will appear without the watermark:

![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/7e9deccd-1f1c-4ec7-af90-b4332b45dead/images/filepicker/nowatermark.png)