{"title":"remove_first - Liquid Filter Reference","slug":"remove-first-filter-reference","url":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/remove-first-filter-reference","url_markdown":"https://support.storeconnect.com/articles/remove-first-filter-reference.md","subtitle":null,"summary":"Deletes only the first occurrence of a substring from a string, leaving any subsequent matches intact.","type":"Developer_Documentation","video_url":"","keywords":"liquid, filters, remove_first, text, storeconnect","last_modified":"2026-08-21T07:12:35+0000","body_markdown":"## Description\n\nRemoves only the first occurrence of the specified substring from a string.\n\n| Property | Value |\n|----------|-------|\n| **Return Type** | string |\n| **Category** | text |\n\n## Examples\n\n\n```liquid\n\n{{ \"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain\" | remove_first: \"ain\" }}\n```\n\n\n**Output:** `The r in Spain falls mainly on the plain`"}