How do you delete XML nodes from a list?

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I'm trying to delete a parent node and everything within the record, but I'm a bit stuck with where to go.

What I have tried:

VB.NET

Private Sub btnDelete_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnDelete.Click
    Dim contactlist As New XmlDocument()
    contactlist.Load("contactlist.xml")
    Dim contactNode As XmlNode = contactlist.SelectSingleNode("contacts")
    Dim contacts As XmlNodeList = contactNode.SelectNodes("contact")
    For index As Integer = 0 To contacts.Count - 1
        Dim contact As XmlNode = contact(index)
        If txtSearch.Text = contact("name").InnerText Then
            contact.ParentNode.RemoveChild(contact)
        End If
    Next
    contactlist.Save("contactlist2.xml")
End Sub

here is the XML, I want to be able to delete one contact

XML

<Contacts>
  <contact>
    <name>James</name>
    <address>123 Yes street</address>
    <place>Mel</place>
    <phone>12345678</phone>
    <email>123@123.com</email>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <name>Ken</name>
    <address>123 Yes street</address>
    <place>Mel</place>
    <phone>12345678</phone>
    <email>123@123.com</email>
  </contact>

Posted 15-Jul-21 15:59pm

BenNgu123

Updated 15-Jul-21 23:47pm

Richard Deeming

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2021-07-15T21:24:00

This would be easiest with LINQ to XML:
Overview - LINQ to XML | Microsoft Docs[^]

VB.NET

Dim contactList As XDocument = XDocument.Load("contactlist.xml")
Dim nodesToRemove As List(Of XElement) = contactList.Descendants("contact").Where(Function(el) CStr(el.Element("name")) = txtSearch.Text).ToList()
For Each node As XElement In nodesToRemove
    node.Remove()
Next

contactList.Save("contactlist2.xml")

RickZeeland · Answer 2 · 2021-07-15T23:47:00

//using System.Linq;
//using System.Xml.Linq;
XElement x = XElement.Load("contactlist.xml");
var ken = x.Elements("contact").Where(n => n.Element("name").Value == "Ken");
ken.Remove();
x.Save("contactlist.xml");

In VB.NET:

Dim x As XElement = XElement.Load("contactlist.xml")
Dim ken = x.Elements("contact").Where(Function(n) n.Element("name").Value = "Ken")
ken.Remove()
x.Save("contactlist.xml")

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