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title: "What does the EnableViewState property signify?"  
description: "What does the EnableViewState property signify?"  
author: "Varun Agrawal"  
published: 2011-03-29  
updated: 2020-09-20  
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category: "asp.net"  
tags: ["asp.net"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What does the EnableViewState property signify?

EnableViewState saves the state of an object in a page between postbacks. Objects are saved in a Base64 encoded string. If you do not need to store the page, turn it off as it adds to the page size.

## Answers

### Answer by Varun Agrawal

EnableViewState saves the state of an object in a page between postbacks. Objects are saved in a Base64 encoded string. If you do not need to store the page, turn it off as it adds to the page size.


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