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alias: user-guide-automation-converter-stringremove
description: "This tool removes characters from a string based on specified start and count values"
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# String Remove

This converter extracts characters from a string.

## Settings

| Name    |    Data Type    |    Possible Values    |    Description    |
|-------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| from | `String` | `Start`<br />`Middle`<br />`End` | Where to start removing characters from the string |
| start    | `Number` |  | Position in the string from which to start |
| count    | `Number` |  | Number of characters to remove |

![Screenshot showing a settings page with a field labeled "Number" and another labeled "Number of characters to remove".](./images/converter_string_remove.png)