Can't get regex to strip out named HTML tag

Question

I have some html :-

<blockquote>This is a quote</blockquote>
<p>This is the main post</p>

I want to remove the blockquote and its contents . I've tried : -

string strippedPost = Regex.Replace(post, "<blockquote>(.*?)</blockquote>", "");

But not had any luck with it. Is there a problem with the regex?

update: also tried

string strippedPost = Regex.Replace(post, @"<blockquote>(.*?)<\/blockquote>", "");

For all but the most trivial exercises an HTML Parser is the tool for the job; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/56107/what-is-the-best-way-to-parse-html-in-c — Alex K., May 21 '17 at 17:39
Possible duplicate of [RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags) — EJoshuaS - Stand with Ukraine, May 21 '17 at 17:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 21 '17 at 17:47

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Can you try this?

 strippedPost = Regex.Replace(post, "<blockquote>(.|\n)*?</blockquote>", "");

answered May 21 '17 at 17:47

user3429660

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Never use `(.|\n)*?`. Use `RegexOptions.Singleline` to enable `.` to match newlines. – Wiktor Stribiżew May 21 '17 at 18:26

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