WP7 Mango: How do I delete a live tile?

Question

I'm creating a live tile on the device with the following code:

ShellTile tile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault();
StandardTileData newTileData = new StandardTileData
{
    BackgroundImage = new Uri(string.Format("isostore:{0}", DefaultLiveTilePath), UriKind.Absolute),
    Title = "Test"
};
tile.Update(newTileData);

At a later point I would like to delete the live tile image and have it revert to the app icon when pinned. Is this possible?

Can't you just use the same code to restore the original image? After all, the original is packaged with your app. — Praetorian, Sep 09 '11 at 20:56
Yes, but the problem is I'm also using the Back image and content of the tile. When I restore the original image I don't want it to flip over. Setting the back content and backbackgroundimage to null doesn't do the trick either so I thought it would be best to see if there's a way to delete my tile altogether. — James Cadd, Sep 09 '11 at 20:58
Does http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6573806/mango-application-tile-remove-back do not the trick? — Ralf Ehlert, Sep 09 '11 at 21:14
Since you can't remove a Tile from code, Ralf Ehlert's answer is the way to do it. Ralf should add his comment as a answer to this question. — Claus Jørgensen, Sep 10 '11 at 13:40

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 16:36

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According to this blog you shoudl use this code

public void DeleteExistingTile()  
{  
    var foundTile = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault(x => x.NavigationUri.ToString().Contains("DetailId=123"));  

    // If the Tile was found, then delete it.  
    if (foundTile != null)  
    {  
        foundTile.Delete();  
    }  
}

answered Sep 23 '11 at 16:36

Mattias Cibien

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That code shows how to delete a secondary tile not how to reset the app's primary tile. – Dare Obasanjo Apr 29 '12 at 16:13
Sorry, misunderstood the question. – Mattias Cibien Jan 10 '14 at 14:50

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '11 at 16:39

I'm using the following code when resetting my tile back to normal everytime the app starts:

    private void ResetLiveTileToNormal()
    {
        ShellTile TileToFind = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault();


        ShellTileData shellData = new StandardTileData
        {
            Title = "XXXXXXXX",
            Count = 0,
            BackContent = "",
            BackTitle = "",
            BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("", UriKind.Relative),
            BackgroundImage = new Uri(@"/Images/LiveTiles/XXXXXX.png", UriKind.Relative)
        };
        TileToFind.Update(shellData);
    }

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 12 '12 at 06:18

ShellTile.ActiveTiles.FirstOrDefault(); is obsolete.

void clearTile() {

            ShellTileData tileData = new StandardTileData
            {
                Title = "",
                Count = 0,
                BackContent = "",
                BackTitle = "",
                BackBackgroundImage = new Uri("", UriKind.Relative),
                BackgroundImage = new Uri(@"/ApplicationIcon.png", UriKind.Relative)
            };
            IEnumerator<ShellTile> it = ShellTile.ActiveTiles.GetEnumerator();
            it.MoveNext();
            ShellTile tile = it.Current;
            tile.Update(tileData);
        }

Based on research and thanks to robertftw

WP7 Mango: How do I delete a live tile?

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