remove an element from an XML

I want to remove an element from an XML Tree and I tried using the method mentioned in the following URL to do that.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb387051.aspx

My XML is kinda different from the above and when I tried to use this it only removes the Grandchild1 in the first node. It doesn't do it for the second one.

XElement root = XElement.Parse(@"<Root>
    <Child1>
        <GrandChild1/>
        <GrandChild2/>
        <GrandChild3/>
    </Child1>
    <Child1>
        <GrandChild1/>
        <GrandChild2/>
        <GrandChild3/>
    </Child1>
</Root>");

root.Element("Child1").Element("GrandChild1").Remove();

output after executing: 

<Child1>       
    <GrandChild2/>
    <GrandChild3/>
</Child1>
<Child1>
    <GrandChild1/>
    <GrandChild2/>
    <GrandChild3/>
</Child1>

expected output:

    <Child1>
        <GrandChild2/>
        <GrandChild3/>
    </Child1>
    <Child1>
        <GrandChild2/>
        <GrandChild3/>
    </Child1>

Why doesn't it do it and how can I make it work?

Thanks!

Jon Skeet
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The Element method only returns a single element. You want:

root.Elements("Child1").Elements("GrandChild1").Remove();

That uses:

So that will find every GrandChild1 element directly under a Child1 element directly under the root. If you actually don't care where the GrandChild1 element is found, you an use

root.Descendants("GrandChild1").Remove();

... but using Elements gives you a bit more control.

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