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title: "CheckBox in DataGridView in C#"  
description: "CheckBox in DataGridView in C#"  
author: "AVADHESH PATEL"  
published: 2013-01-09  
updated: 2026-05-13  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1108/checkbox-in-datagridview-in-c-sharp  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# CheckBox in DataGridView in C#

## The CheckBox in DataGridView in C#

DataGridView provide checkbox control “DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn” for selecting particular row value. In this article,

I tell you how to use DataGridView’s checkbox control in your windows application. The steps are given below.\
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**Step 1:** Create one windows application and drag-drop DataGridView control.

**Step 2:** Rightclick on DataGridView and select the “Edit Column…” option.

![CheckBox in DataGridView in C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/37ce2c87-81f5-4ef8-9ce2-558b8d535bd2/images/e1a79454-be2e-4e86-ba43-d1081cfed483.png)

**Step 3:** Click on the button “Add” and select the “[DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn](https://www.mindstick.com/Articles/974/insert-delete-update-in-gridview-in-asp-dot-net-using-c-sharp)” option from type comboBox and give that name with header text as below image.

![CheckBox in DataGridView in C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/37ce2c87-81f5-4ef8-9ce2-558b8d535bd2/images/606264c1-24fb-4122-92ef-bc318891ee97.png)

**Step 6:** After adding “DataGridViewChekBoxCOlumn”, your windows form look as below image.

![CheckBox in DataGridView in C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/37ce2c87-81f5-4ef8-9ce2-558b8d535bd2/images/1021d980-3bae-432a-8892-9bb4a20ee014.png)

**Step 7:** Now bind DataGridView from the database. Follow the below link for binding database table into DataGridView.

http://www.mindstick.com/Articles/48e0cae0-5baa-41fe-946d-37938a717ddd/?Bind%20Dataset%20to%20DataGridView%20C#

Step 8: Now check your application. My application screen shot as given below.

![CheckBox in DataGridView in C#](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/37ce2c87-81f5-4ef8-9ce2-558b8d535bd2/images/eab19926-92b1-4eb3-b05f-4fab2f8166ec.png)

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