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# removeNestedLayoutSection()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-ui-dashboard](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Stability: alpha
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-ui-dashboard/src/model/commands/layout.ts

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Creates the RemoveLayoutSection command.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function removeNestedLayoutSection(index: ILayoutSectionPath, stashIdentifier?: StashedDashboardItemsId, correlationId?: string): IRemoveLayoutSection;
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| index | [ILayoutSectionPath](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.ilayoutsectionpath/index.md) | index of section to remove |
| stashIdentifier | [StashedDashboardItemsId](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.stasheddashboarditemsid/index.md) | _(Optional)_ specify identifier to stash items under; if you do not specify this, then the dashboard items in the removed section will also be removed |
| correlationId | string | _(Optional)_ specify correlation id to use for this command. this will be included in all events that will be emitted during the command processing |

**Returns:**

[IRemoveLayoutSection](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui-dashboard/sdk-ui-dashboard.iremovelayoutsection/index.md)

## Remarks

Dispatching this command will result in removal of the entire dashboard section. You can optionally specify that the items in the section should not be physically removed but instead be stashed for later 'resurrection'.