# Remove "{ }" from payload

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-from-payload/15088>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 September 2019 09:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-from-payload/15088 "2019-09-04T09:16:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![afelix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/afelix/32/9743_2.png) [@afelix](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/afelix)\
**Post date:** [4 September 2019 11:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/remove-from-payload/15088/6 "2019-09-04T11:34:26Z")

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> [@Quart666](#):
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> But isnt there anything in Node-Red that can do that witout any programming skills ?

You can use JSONata syntax in a change node to do the same, setting a substring of that outer string that way. But that requires learning and programming in the JSONata syntax. Here's an example posted to another topic: [Function String Extract - #5 by zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/function-string-extract/6775/5)

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