Remove annotation label from an xml file

remove_annotation_label.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from glob import glob
labels = [
"labels",
"to",
"be",
"removed"]
files = glob('directory/with/xml/files/*.xml')

for file in files:
    tree = ET.parse(file)
    root = tree.getroot()
    objects = root.findall('object')
    changed = False
    for object in objects:
        label = object.find('name').text

        if(label in labels):
            root.remove(object)
            changed=True
    if changed:
        tree.write(file)