This template trims leading and trailing square brackets and whitespace from a string. This is similar to {{delink}}, but it won't remove brackets from the middle of the string. The string should be passed as the first unnamed parameter or using |1= if your string contains any = signs. You may substitute this template - that is, if used as {{subst:trim brackets}}, the resulting wikicode is "clean".

{{trim brackets|text}} = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed (as long as text doesn't contain any = signs).

{{trim brackets|1=text}} = text with any leading or trailing square brackets removed.

  • "{{trim brackets|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}" produces "abc]], def, and [[ghi"
    ("{{delink|1= [[abc]], [[def]], and [[ghi]] }}" produces "abc, def, and ghi").
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TemplateData for Trim brackets

The template trims leading and trailing square brackets from a string.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
String1

The string to be trimmed

Stringrequired
  • {{delink}}, which does nearly the exact same thing, but also removes balanced pairs of square brackets that aren't leading and trailing and has additional options.
  • {{trim}}