XPathNavigator.DeleteSelf deletes the current node and its child nodes.
Imports System
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.XPath
Public Class MainClass
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim document As XmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
document.Load("domainBooks.xml")
Dim navigator As XPathNavigator = document.CreateNavigator()
navigator.MoveToChild("bookstore", "http://www.domain.com/books")
navigator.MoveToChild("book", "http://www.domain.com/books")
navigator.MoveToChild("price", "http://www.domain.com/books")
navigator.DeleteSelf()
Console.WriteLine("Position after delete: {0}", navigator.Name)
Console.WriteLine(navigator.OuterXml)
End Sub
End Class