To reproduce: -Add a RadGridView and use the following code snippet: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); //add GridViewCheckBoxColumn with DataType to BOOL GridViewCheckBoxColumn autoTestingselectColumn = new GridViewCheckBoxColumn(); autoTestingselectColumn.DataType = typeof(bool); autoTestingselectColumn.Name = "AutomatedTestingSelectColumn"; autoTestingselectColumn.FieldName = "AutomatedTestingSelectColumn"; autoTestingselectColumn.HeaderText = "Automated Testing Select"; radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Columns.Add(autoTestingselectColumn); //add GridViewCheckBoxColumn with DataType to INT GridViewCheckBoxColumn startTestingColumn = new GridViewCheckBoxColumn(); startTestingColumn.DataType = typeof(int); startTestingColumn.Name = "StartTestingColumn"; startTestingColumn.FieldName = "StartTestingColumn"; startTestingColumn.HeaderText = "StartTesting"; radGridView1.MasterTemplate.Columns.Add(startTestingColumn); List<Item> items = new List<Item>(); for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { items.Add(new Item(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),"Name"+i)); } this.radGridView1.DataSource = items; //set the AutoSizeColumnsMode property to Fill this.radGridView1.AutoSizeColumnsMode = GridViewAutoSizeColumnsMode.Fill; } public class Item { public string UniqueIdentifier { get; set; } public string Name { get; set; } public Item(string uniqueIdentifier, string name) { this.UniqueIdentifier = uniqueIdentifier; this.Name = name; } } -Run the project. As a result 4 columns are displayed: two programmatically added and two coming from the data source. -Now open the Property Builder at design time and add a GridViewCheckBoxColumn. -Run the project. As a result, 5 columns are displayed: one added at design time, two programmatically added, two coming from the data source. -Open the Property Builder again and delete the GridViewCheckBoxColumn. -Run the project. You will notice that only two columns are displayed. The columns, coming from the data source are not generated. Workaround: delete columns using the Columns collection at design time, instead of using the property Builder.