# Remove Left

Ensures that the string never begins with a specified string.

```yaml
twitter: @statamic
```

::tabs

::tab antlers
```antlers
<a href="http://twitter.com/{{ twitter | remove_left('@') }}">Twitter</a>
```
::tab blade
```blade
<a href="http://twitter.com/{{ Statamic::modify($twitter)->removeLeft('@') }}">Twitter</a>
```
::

```html
<a href="http://twitter.com/statamic">Twitter</a>
```