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page_title: trimprefix - Functions - Configuration Language
description: |-
The trimprefix function removes the specified prefix from the start of a
given string.
---
# `trimprefix` Function
`trimprefix` removes the specified prefix from the start of the given string.
## Examples
```shell-session
> trimprefix("helloworld", "hello")
world
```
## Related Functions
- [`trim`](/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trim) removes characters at the start and end of a string.
- [`trimsuffix`](/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimsuffix) removes a word from the end of a string.
- [`trimspace`](/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/string/trimspace) removes all types of whitespace from
both the start and the end of a string.