How do I preserve all XML formatting with XDocument?

Question

I\'m trying to read in an XML configuration file, do a few tweaks (finding and removing or adding an element) and save it again. I want this edit to be as non-intrusive as possi

Answer 1

To avoid the declaration in the header of the document you can use the following

    XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
    settings.OmitXmlDeclaration = true;


        using (XmlWriter xw = XmlWriter.Create(fileName, settings))
        {
            doc.Save(xw);
        }