Returns a copy of +self+ with trailing substring suffix removed: 'hello'.delete_suffix('llo') # => "he" 'hello'.delete_suffix('hel') # => "hello" 'тест'.delete_suffix('ст') # => "те" 'こんにちは'.delete_suffix('ちは') # => "こんに" Related: String#delete_suffix!, String#delete_prefix.