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title: "Can we declare a method as sealed?"  
description: "Can we declare a method as sealed?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-01-27  
updated: 2020-09-16  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1894/can-we-declare-a-method-as-sealed  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Can we declare a method as sealed?

**In C#** a method can't be declared as sealed. However when we override a method in a derived class, we can declare the overridden method as sealed. By declaring it as sealed, we can avoid further overriding of this method.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

**In C#** a method can't be declared as sealed. However when we override a method in a derived class, we can declare the overridden method as sealed. By declaring it as sealed, we can avoid further overriding of this method.


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