replace - Delete a line in file based on search criteria / Regex

Question

I have a .csproj file which has entries like:

<Content Include="somepath1somedir2dir3Thumbs.db" /> 

<Content Include="newpathsomedir2Thumbs.db" /> 

<Content Include="anotherpathsomedir1dir3dir4Thumbs.db" />

They are scattered all over the file.

What I am looking for is to use Visual Studio(Preferred) or other tool to delete the entire line by Search/Replace.

Answer 1

If you want to remove all the content include, you can use a simple regex like this:

<Content Include=.*?/>

On the other hand, if you want to remove the thumbs then you can use

<Content Include=".*?Thumbs.db.*?/>

Working demo