asp.net mvc Html.ActionLink() keeping route value I don't want

Question

I have the following ActionLink in my view

<%= Html.ActionLink(\"LinkText\", \"Action\", \"Controller\"); %>

and it creates the follo

Answer 1

Another way is to use ActionLink(HtmlHelper, String, String, RouteValueDictionary) overload, then there are no need to put null in the last parameter

<%= Html.ActionLink("Details", "Details", "Product", new RouteValueDictionary(new { id=item.ID })) %>