How to remove an xml element from file?

Question

In an XML file such as :

 
   
   code goes here
   
 

          


        

Answer 1

You could try something like this:

string xmlInput = @"
 
   
   code goes here
   
 

 
   
   code goes here
   
 
";

// create the XML, load the contents
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xmlInput);

// find a node - here the one with name='abc'
XmlNode node = doc.SelectSingleNode("/Snippets/Snippet[@name='abc']");

// if found....
if (node != null)
{
   // get its parent node
   XmlNode parent = node.ParentNode;

   // remove the child node
   parent.RemoveChild(node);

   // verify the new XML structure
   string newXML = doc.OuterXml;

   // save to file or whatever....
   doc.Save(@"C:\temp\new.xml");
}