# Strip out characters using Glide text

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 11, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640 "2023-05-11T15:54:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![MattLB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/mattlb/32/41284_2.png) [@MattLB](https://community.glideapps.com/u/MattLB)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640/1 "2023-05-11T15:54:24Z")

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I need to go from this “[http://www.careers.northropgrumman.com/](http://www.careers.northropgrumman.com/)” or this “[https://www.northropgrumman.com/](https://www.northropgrumman.com/)” to “[northropgrumman.com](http://northropgrumman.com)”. I need just the domain name.

I have been looking at Glide compute column for text and can’t figure out how to extract everything between the last / and the second ‘.’ to get the domain name.

Thoughts?? TIA !

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640/2 "2023-05-11T16:07:53Z")

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Use the [Extract Matching Text](https://www.glideapps.com/plugins/regex) plugin with the following regular expression:

```auto
.*\://(?:www.)?([^\/]+)

```

 ![CleanShot 2023-05-12 at 00.12.34@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/e/b/ebbd5d5cfd4a0b95a91af0586496318629c36e41.png)

 ![CleanShot 2023-05-12 at 00.13.06@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/6/a6151831e53454ceafcbf474bc5c214dec4b7b4f.png)

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**Author:** ![kabookie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/kabookie/32/10994_2.png) [@kabookie](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kabookie)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640/3 "2023-05-13T05:12:06Z")

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Better yet, just use the “Get Part of URL” column type and use the word “host” for the parameter.

 ![CleanShot 2023-05-12 at 22.11.36@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/9/09e36320f4e8226763853d659a8043130480939e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640/4 "2023-05-13T05:13:51Z")

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hah!

I had it in my head that there was already a column for that, but I when I went looking for it I couldn’t find it 🤦‍♂️

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strip-out-characters-using-glide-text/61640/5 "2023-05-14T05:13:59Z")

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