Removing a web part

Following code snippet can be used to remove a web part from an existing SharePoint website:

1.  using (SPSite spSiteTest = new SPSite(“SiteURL”) 
2.  {
3.    using (SPWeb spWebTest = spSiteTest.OpenWeb())
4.    {
5.      SPWebPartCollection webparts = spWebTest.GetWebPartCollection("WebPageURL", Storage.Shared);
6.      for (int k = 0; k < webparts.Count; k++)
7.      {
8.        //get reference to webpart
9.        Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart wp = webparts[k];
10. 
    
11.        //check webpart Title to find webpart which is to be removed
12.        if (wp.Title == "WebPartName")
13.        {
14.          //delete webpart
15.          webparts.Delete(wp.StorageKey);
16. 
    
17.          //update spWeb object
18.          spWebTest.Update();  
19.       }                                                                                                                                                            }
20.    }
21.  }