XElement.RemoveAll Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Xml.Linq

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Xml.XDocument.dll

Source:

XElement.cs

Removes nodes and attributes from this XElement.

C#

public void RemoveAll();

Examples

The following example creates an element with attributes and child elements. It then calls this method to remove both the attributes and the child elements.

C#

XElement root = new XElement("Root",
    new XAttribute("Att1", 1),
    new XAttribute("Att2", 2),
    new XAttribute("Att3", 3),
    new XElement("Child1", 1),
    new XElement("Child2", 2),
    new XElement("Child3", 3)
);
root.RemoveAll();   // removes children elements and attributes of root
Console.WriteLine(root);

This example produces the following output:

XML

<Root />

Remarks

This method will raise the Changed and the Changing events.

Applies to

See also

• RemoveAttributes()
• RemoveNodes()
• LINQ to XML overview