Remove First Character from String in JavaScript

Written by Rahul, Updated on March 2, 2021

Question – How to remove first character of a string using JavaScript ?

In the previous article, you have learned to remote last character of a string in JavaScript. If you are looking for remove last character from string, visit here. This tutorial describe you to how to remove first character of a string in JavaScript. You can choose any one of the following methods.

Method 1 – Using substring() function

Use the substring() function to remove the last character from a string in JavaScript. This function returns the part of the string between the start and end indexes, or to the end of the string.

Example

<script>
  var str= "Hello TecAdmin!";
  var newStr = str.substring(1, str.length);
  console.log(newStr);
</script>

var str= "Hello TecAdmin!";

var newStr = str.substring(1, str.length);

console.log(newStr);

</script>

Output:

ello TecAdmin!

Method 2 – Using slice() function

Use the slice function to remove the last character from any string in JavaScript. This function extracts a part of any string and return as new string. When you can store in a variable.

Example:

<script>
  var str = "Hello TecAdmin!";
  var newStr = str.slice(1);
  console.log(newStr);
</script>

var str = "Hello TecAdmin!";

var newStr = str.slice(1);

console.log(newStr);

</script>

Output:

ello TecAdmin!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to remove first character from a string using JavaScript. You can also read our next tutorial to trim white spaces from string.

Method 1 – Using substring() function

Method 2 – Using slice() function

Conclusion

Rahul

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