Remove a node Add an empty node Replace a node with an empty node Edit an attribute value in a sub node Refresh the ElementTree object You shouldn’t need to. If for some reason you do then you can do this:

Read XML value from a XML string Read XML value from an XML file In node present? Is item empty? Item is empty if it has no text and no child elements Parse XML values from an XML file Read attribute value in a sub node

Create a new XML file Output Output modified XML as a string