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dir: /docs/content/functions/strings.TrimLeft.md/
---
title: strings.TrimLeft
description: Returns a slice of a given string with all leading characters contained in the cutset removed.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
docs:
parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings]
signature: ["strings.TrimLeft CUTSET STRING"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [strings.TrimRight]
deprecated: false
aliases: []
---
Given the string `"abba"`, leading `"a"`'s can be removed a follows:
{{ strings.TrimLeft "abba" "a" }} → "bba"
Numbers can be handled as well:
{{ strings.TrimLeft 1221 "12" }} → ""