Can Field Aliases be Dropped?

Question

Is there anyway short of using ArcObjects to delete a fields alias?  I'd like to delete all fields aliases for a given feature class.

Thanks

mody_buchbinder · Answer

Hi All

Alias can be at the MXD level but can be at the GeoDatabase level too.
I do not think it is possible to drop them from geodatabase but the easier way will be to calculate them to be the same as the field name.
I think this is the default when you create a new field too.

Have Fun
Mody

ChrisSnyder · Answer

Aliases can be added/altered/droped via a featurelayer and/or a layer file:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//00170000006p000000
http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Save_To_Layer_File/001700000070000000/

However, I don't think they can be altered/dropped directly via the featureclass in arcpy.

DanPatterson_Retired · Answer

Must be a quirk of server stuff, if you remove and re-add a file to Arcmap, the alias isn't carried over.  Perhaps one of the appropriate web/server forums might address this better.