how-to-remove-the-corrupted-embedded-images-before-saving-excel.md

title	Remove corrupted embedded images before saving | Syncfusion
description	Code example to remove corrupted embedded images before saving an Excel file using the Syncfusion .NET Excel library (XlsIO).
platform	document-processing
control	XlsIO
documentation	UG

How to remove corrupted embedded images before saving an Excel document?

The following code example demonstrate how to remove the corrupted embedded images before saving an Excel file using C# (Cross-platform).

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foreach (IWorksheet sheet in workbook.Worksheets)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < sheet.Pictures.Count; i++)
    {
        if (sheet.Pictures[i].Picture != null && sheet.Pictures[i].Picture.ImageData.Length <= 0)
        {
            // Remove corrupted image.
            sheet.Pictures[i].Remove();                          
        }
    }
}

// Save the workbook.
workbook.SaveAs(Path.GetFullPath(@"Output/Output.xlsx"));

} {% endhighlight %}

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A complete working example in C# is present on this GitHub page.