Hi Eliot, The current implementation of Find/Replace in Files can't handle multi-line matches. We are currently working on this for v12.1 or v12.2 depending on how time allows it. Even so, you should be able to remove intervals mapped by an XPath expression by using Find/Replace in Files. Try this in Find/Replace in Files: 1. In "Text to find" use ".*\n?"(match any string, also the newline character if it exists) 2. Enable the "Regular expression" option. 3. Specify the XPath expression. e.g. //myelement[@myid='myvalue'] 4. Disable "XML search options"(unless you want to fine-tune what you need to remove from inside the XPath interval) 5. Leave the "Replace with" field blank. 6. Make sure you apply it on the appropriate scope and have the right file filters. 7. Test it with "Find All". You will obtain a list of the strings or full lines that will be removed. 8. If it seems right Open Find/Replace in Files again, double check everything(especially the "Text to find" and "Scope") and use 'Replace All'. This only leaves behind the indent of the original element. I guess the XPath could be further tuned to also catch that in the matched interval. Regards, Adrian Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com Eliot Kimber wrote:

I have the situation where I want to delete elements in a bunch of topics where I can reliably find the elements (e.g., via XPath or regex).

But there doesn't appear to be an obvious way to do this.

Have I missed something?

In my particular case the elements involved will have attributes with unique values or will span multiple lines.

Cheers,

E.