Removing text from a string if present, otherwise leave as-is

Why not just apply Find & Replace ?

Find What: <*>
Replace With: leave blank

(Copy B to A and apply above if needed)

edit: - if you are adamant you want a formula

A1: =IF(LEFT(B1)="<",REPLACE(B1,1,FIND(">",B1),""),B1)

assumes where there's > there's <

This works great!
Can't believe I didn't think of it...


edit- the formula works great too!

Thanks so much!