//Here is the variable with which you assign a new value to the attribute
string newValue = string.Empty
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(xmlFile);
XmlNode node = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("Root/Node/Element");
node.Attributes[0].Value = newValue;
xmlDoc.Save(xmlFile);
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How to change XML Attribute