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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
nav: wcp_docs
parent_url: /wcp_docs/
title: removeStartIgnoreCase (subString)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Removes the specified substring if it is at the beginning of the string, regardless of case. If this function doesn't find the substring at the beginning of the string, it returns the source string.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`String`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Instance Method Syntax

```
thisString.removeStartIgnoreCase(subString)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>subString</td><td>The string to remove, regardless of case.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`'The quick brown fox'.removeStartIgnoreCase('the')`

Returns `'quick brown fox'`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5d"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
string:removeStartIgnoreCase(string, subString)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>string</td><td>The input String.</td></tr><tr><td>subString</td><td>The string to remove, regardless of case.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>