---
title: "Liquid filters: lstrip"
description: Strips all whitespace from the left of a string.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/lstrip
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/lstrip.md
---

# lstrip

```oobleck
string | lstrip
```

returns [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

Strips all whitespace from the left of a string.

```liquid
{%- assign text = '  Some potions create whitespace.      ' -%}


"{{ text }}"
"{{ text | lstrip }}"
```

## Output

```html
"  Some potions create whitespace.      "
"Some potions create whitespace.      "
```