Question

How can I remove the ‘xmlns:…’ namespace information from each XML element in C#?

Answer 1

Zombiesheep’s cautionary answer notwithstanding, my solution is to wash the xml with an xslt transform to do this.

wash.xsl:

<xsl:stylesheet version='1.0' xmlns:xsl='http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform'>   <xsl:output method='xml' indent='no' encoding='UTF-8'/>    <xsl:template match='/|comment()|processing-instruction()'>     <xsl:copy>       <xsl:apply-templates/>     </xsl:copy>   </xsl:template>    <xsl:template match='*'>     <xsl:element name='{local-name()}'>       <xsl:apply-templates select='@*|node()'/>     </xsl:element>   </xsl:template>    <xsl:template match='@*'>     <xsl:attribute name='{local-name()}'>       <xsl:value-of select='.'/>     </xsl:attribute>   </xsl:template>  </xsl:stylesheet>