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Defined in header <type_traits>
template< class T > struct remove_cv;	(1)	(since C++11)
template< class T > struct remove_const;	(2)	(since C++11)
template< class T > struct remove_volatile;	(3)	(since C++11)

Provides the member typedef type which is the same as T, except that its topmost cv-qualifiers are removed.

1) removes the topmost const, or the topmost volatile, or both, if present.

2) removes the topmost const

3) removes the topmost volatile

The behavior of a program that adds specializations for any of the templates described on this page is undefined.

Member types

Name	Definition
type	the type T without cv-qualifier

Helper types

template< class T > using remove_cv_t       = typename remove_cv<T>::type;		(since C++14)
template< class T > using remove_const_t    = typename remove_const<T>::type;		(since C++14)
template< class T > using remove_volatile_t = typename remove_volatile<T>::type;		(since C++14)

Possible implementation

template< class T > struct remove_cv { typedef T type; }; template< class T > struct remove_cv<const T> { typedef T type; }; template< class T > struct remove_cv<volatile T> { typedef T type; }; template< class T > struct remove_cv<const volatile T> { typedef T type; };   template< class T > struct remove_const { typedef T type; }; template< class T > struct remove_const<const T> { typedef T type; };   template< class T > struct remove_volatile { typedef T type; }; template< class T > struct remove_volatile<volatile T> { typedef T type; };

Example

Removing const/volatile from const volatile int * does not modify the type, because the pointer itself is neither const nor volatile.

Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <type_traits>
 
template<typename U, typename V> constexpr bool same = std::is_same_v<U, V>;
 
static_assert(
        same< std::remove_cv_t< int >, int >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< const int >, int >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< volatile int >, int >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< const volatile int >, int >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< const volatile int* >, const volatile int* >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< const int* volatile >, const int* >
    and same< std::remove_cv_t< int* const volatile >, int* >
);
 
int main() {
    std::cout << std::boolalpha;
 
    using type1 = std::remove_cv<const int>::type;
    using type2 = std::remove_cv<volatile int>::type;
    using type3 = std::remove_cv<const volatile int>::type;
    using type4 = std::remove_cv<const volatile int*>::type;
    using type5 = std::remove_cv<int* const volatile>::type;
 
    std::cout << std::is_same<type1, int>::value << "\n";
    std::cout << std::is_same<type2, int>::value << "\n";
    std::cout << std::is_same<type3, int>::value << "\n";
    std::cout << std::is_same<type4, int*>::value << " "
              << std::is_same<type4, const volatile int*>::value << "\n";
    std::cout << std::is_same<type5, int*>::value << "\n";
}

Output:

true
true
true
false true
true

See also

is_const (C++11)	checks if a type is const-qualified (class template)
is_volatile (C++11)	checks if a type is volatile-qualified (class template)
add_cvadd_constadd_volatile (C++11)(C++11)(C++11)	adds const or/and volatile specifiers to the given type (class template)
remove_cvref (C++20)	combines std::remove_cv and std::remove_reference (class template)