How to remove all namespaces from XML with C#?

Question

I am looking for the clean, elegant and smart solution to remove namespacees from all XML elements? How would function to do that look like?

Defined interface:

Answer 1

That will do the trick :-)

foreach (XElement XE in Xml.DescendantsAndSelf())
{
    // Stripping the namespace by setting the name of the element to it's localname only
    XE.Name = XE.Name.LocalName;
    // replacing all attributes with attributes that are not namespaces and their names are set to only the localname
    XE.ReplaceAttributes((from xattrib in XE.Attributes().Where(xa => !xa.IsNamespaceDeclaration) select new XAttribute(xattrib.Name.LocalName, xattrib.Value)));
}