Element.remove()
Element.remove() is a Python method in the XML Module category. Removes a child element. The syntax is element.remove(subelement). Parameters: subelement — Element to remove. Returns: None. A typical example: root.remove(old_item). A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(), which parses an XML file and returns an ElementTree object. A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(), which parses XML from a string and returns an Element. A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring(), which serializes an Element to bytes (XML string). A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(), which creates a new XML element with the given tag and attributes. More about this category: XML processing — ElementTree, parse, fromstring, tostring. Related XML Module entries: xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(), xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(), xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring(), xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(), xml.etree.ElementTree.SubElement(), Element.find(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details. You can try Element.remove() immediately in the Python playground, look up unfamiliar terms in the glossary, or return to the Python Reference homepage.