ArcObjects: Clear Selected Features

The following is the VB code to quickly selected features in ArcMap with ArcObjects. This code will perform the same function as clicking the Clear Selected Features tool on the ArcMap interface.

There are two parts: the setup (Dim/Set instances), then clear the selection with a partial refresh followed by pMap.ClearSelection (in that order).  This example is a command button that will run the method after a Click event:

Private Sub cmdClear_Click()
    Dim pMxDocument As IMxDocument
    Dim pMap As IMap
    Dim pActiveView As IActiveView
    Set pMxDocument = ThisDocument
    Set pMap = pMxDocument.FocusMap
    Set pActiveView = pMap

    pActiveView.PartialRefresh esriViewGeoSelection, Nothing, Nothing
    pMap.ClearSelection
End Sub