How to remove the first 5 characters in each line in Notepad++

In this article, we will discuss how to remove the first 5 characters in each line in Notepad++. Notepad++ Download

Open Notepad++ and load the file from which you need to remove the characters.
Go to the Search menu and select Replace.
In the Replace window that opens, check the box next to the Match case option.
Select the Regular expression option at the bottom of the window.

Using regular expressions

To remove the first 5 characters in each line, use the following regular expression:

^.{5}(.*)

In the Find field, enter ^.{5}(.*).
In the Replace with field, enter
```
\1
```
Click Replace All to remove the first 5 characters in each line of the file.

Example

Consider an example. Suppose we have a text file with the following content:

12345Hello
12345World
12345Test

After performing the above steps, the result will be:

Hello
World
Test

With these simple steps, you can easily remove the first 5 characters in each line in Notepad++.