How to set Content-Type to exactly “text/plain” on ASP.NET MVC?

Question

The code

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return Content("hello", "text/plain");
    }
}

is responding with header

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

My question is how to remove "; charset=utf-8" from response header Content-Type?

Here How do I remove the charset from Content-Type in a ASP.NET Core MVC response? it is how to do it on asp.net core.

Answer 1

You can clear the Charset before Content()

public ActionResult Index()
{
    Response.Charset = "";
    return Content("hello", "text/plain");
}

Answer 2

please try this one.

public ActionResult Index()
{
     Response.ContentType = "text/plain";
     return Content("your content");
}