Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field. It is named after the gauss, a unit of magnetism, which in turn was named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. Due to magnetic hysteresis, it is generally not possible to reduce a magnetic field completely to zero, so degaussing typically induces a very small "known" field referred to as bias. Degaussing was originally applied to reduce ships' magnetic signatures during World War II. Degaussing is also used to reduce magnetic fields in cathode ray tube monitors and to destroy data held on magnetic storage.

किसी अवांछित चुम्बकीय क्षेत्र को कम करना या समाप्त करना विचुम्बकन या डीगासिंग (Degaussing) कहलाता है। चुम्बकीय शैथिल्य के कारण चुम्बकीय क्षेत्र का मान बिलकुल शून्य कर देना प्रायः सम्भव नहीं होता। इसलिये विचुम्बकन के द्वारा अधिशेष चुम्बकीय क्षेत्र को बहुत कम 'ज्ञात' क्षेत्र तक कम कर दिया जाता है जिसे 'बायस' (bias) कहते हैं।