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I would like to remove a FrameworkElement from the visual tree. Since the FrameworkElement has a Parent property, it would be obvious to solve this problem by removing it from there: FrameworkElement childElement; if(childElement != null && childElement.Parent != null) // In the visual tree { // This line will, of course not complie: // childElement.Parent.RemoveFromChildren(childElement); } The problem is that the Parent property of FrameworkElement is of DependencyObject, which has no notion of children. So the only thing I can see going about this problem is via casting the Parent to see if it's a Border, Panel etc (elements that have notion of children) and remove it from there: FrameworkElement childElement; if(childElement != null && childElement.Parent != null) // In the visual tree { if(childElement.Parent is Panel) { (childElement.Parent as Panel).Children.Remove(childElement ); } if(childElement.Parent is Border) { (childElement.Parent as Border).Child = null; } } Obviously this is not a very flexible solution and not generic at all. Can someone suggest a more generic approach on removing an element from the visual tree?

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