Have an object with a property I don't need to serialize. The type of this property generates a circular reference which I expected, so I decorated this property with everything comes to my mind: private clsDeclaracion _Declaracion; [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Hidden)] [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlIgnore] public clsDeclaracion Declaracion { get { return _Declaracion; } set { _Declaracion = value; } } However, the circular reference keeps firing. Tried using a public field with no luck. This is my serialization code: System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer Serializador = new System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer(objeto.GetType()); using (StreamWriter SW = System.IO.File.CreateText(ArchivoTemp)) { Serializador.Serialize(SW, objeto); }