Remove First Character from String in JavaScript

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>12345<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>12345<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.