Removing part of a namespace across entire project

Question

I know that I can rename a namespace using Visual Studio 2010, but I need to remove part of a namespace.

namespace Xyz.Common.Utils { ... }

Renamed to

namespace Common.Utils { ... }

I need to drop the Xyz part, but don't see a way to use the VS refactoring tool to do this.

Answer 1

This is what I did a few times and you don't need any third-party tool:

Refactor the name in to something unique like: fjhfhchdbyegdrkoksodbc (if that's unique enough to you)
Then do a global replace on fjhfhchdbyegdrkoksodbc. (including the dot) with an empty string.

Answer 2

This is what I did a few times and you don't need any third-party tool:

Refactor the name in to something unique like: fjhfhchdbyegdrkoksodbc (if that's unique enough to you)
Then do a global replace on fjhfhchdbyegdrkoksodbc. (including the dot) with an empty string.