Imports System

Imports System.Xml

Imports System.Xml.Linq

Public Module Module1

    Public Sub Main()

        Dim literal = "<Data><ControlledObject><child1 name=""name1""/><child2 name=""name2""/></ControlledObject><ControlledObject><child1 name=""name1""/><child2 name=""name2""/></ControlledObject><Object><child1 name=""name1""/><child2 name=""name2""/></Object></Data>"

        Dim xml = XDocument.Parse(literal)

        Dim dataTag = xml.Element("Data")

        dataTag.Elements("ControlledObject").Remove()

        Console.WriteLine(xml)

    End Sub

End Module