Java tutorial
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; import org.w3c.dom.Element; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import org.w3c.dom.NodeList; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); factory.setValidating(true); DocumentBuilder builder = factory.newDocumentBuilder(); Document doc = builder.parse("yourFile.xml"); Element rootElement = doc.getDocumentElement(); NodeList children = rootElement.getChildNodes(); Node current = null; for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) { current = children.item(i); if (current.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) { Element element = (Element) current; if (element.getTagName().equalsIgnoreCase("tableOfContents")) { rootElement.removeChild(element); } } } System.out.println(doc.getDocumentElement()); } }