JavaScript String trimStart()

let text1 = " Hello World! ";
let text2 = text1.trimStart();

Description

The trimStart() method removes whitespace from the beginning of a string.

The trimStart() method does not change the original string.

The trimStart() method works like trim(), but removes whitespace only from the start of a string.

The trimStart() method was added to JavaScript in ECMAScript 2019.

string.trimStart()

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Type	Description
A string	A string with removed whitespace from the beginning of the string.

JavaScript String trimStart() is supported in all browsers since January 2020:


Chrome 66	Edge 79	Firefox 61	Safari 12	Opera 50
Apr 2018	Jan 2020	Jun 2018	Sep 2018	May 2018