How to the replace node names with new name and keep the attributes using C# and Linq to XML? -

i need change

<test language="english" id="0" /> 

to

<exam language="english" id="0" /> 

how replace node names new name , keep attributes ?

you can use name property

var xdoc = xdocument.load("input.xml"); var nodes=xdoc.descendants("test").tolist();//get "test" node  nodes.foreach(d => d.name = "exam "); // set name 'exam' xdoc.save("output.xml");