hugo/docs/content/en/functions/strings.TrimPrefix.md

---
title: strings.TrimPrefix
description: Returns a given string s without the provided leading prefix string. If s doesn't start with prefix, s is returned unchanged.
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [strings]
signature: ["strings.TrimPrefix PREFIX STRING"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: [strings.TrimSuffix]
deprecated: false
aliases: []
---

Given the string `"aabbaa"`, the specified prefix is only removed if `"aabbaa"` starts with it:

    {{ strings.TrimPrefix "a" "aabbaa" }} → "abbaa"
    {{ strings.TrimPrefix "aa" "aabbaa" }} → "bbaa"
    {{ strings.TrimPrefix "aaa" "aabbaa" }} → "aabbaa"
Squashed 'docs/' content from commit fdea5430f git-subtree-dir: docs git-subtree-split: fdea5430f89dfd849d39212abdf5ace0a4763e5a 2019-10-21 08:22:28 +00:00			`---`
			`title: strings.TrimPrefix`
			`description: Returns a given string s without the provided leading prefix string. If s doesn't start with prefix, s is returned unchanged.`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
			`menu:`
			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
			`keywords: [strings]`
			`signature: ["strings.TrimPrefix PREFIX STRING"]`
			`workson: []`
			`hugoversion:`
			`relatedfuncs: [strings.TrimSuffix]`
			`deprecated: false`
			`aliases: []`
			`---`

			Given the string `"aabbaa"`, the specified prefix is only removed if `"aabbaa"` starts with it:

			`{{ strings.TrimPrefix "a" "aabbaa" }} → "abbaa"`
			`{{ strings.TrimPrefix "aa" "aabbaa" }} → "bbaa"`
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