Delete xml element not used in document

Hi,
If you have a number of texts tagged with an xml element and then delete the text, the element still exist in the structure.
You can see the element still connected to a text, by the blue diamond on the element symbol.
But i want do delete the elements that have no connection to texts, but cant find the right property to look for.
In Java script CS4.
Anyone knows?
/Mikael

If the (text) element is unplaced, its parentStory will be an XmlStory rather than a Story.
So try:
var elements = app.activeDocument.xmlElements[0].xmlElements.everyItem().getElements();
for (var i = elements.length - 1;i >= 0;i--){
if(elements[i].parentStory.constructor.name === "XmlStory"){
elements[i].remove();
This is untested. If you have tagged graphics frames it will need to be modified to not error on those.
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