Want to remove everything after nth “/” from hyperlink in Notepad++ or Excel

Question

I need some help: looking for a way to remove everything after the nth occurrence (most likely 4th or 5th) of \"/\" in a hyperlink. For instance, if I have

Answer 1

Using Notepad++:

• Ctrl+H
• Find what: ^((?:[^/]*/){5}).*$
• Replace with: $1
• check Wrap around
• check Regular expression
• DO NOT CHECK . matches newline
• Replace all

Explanation:

^               : begining of lin
  (             : start group 1
    (?:         : start non capture group
      [^/]*     : 0 or more any character that is not a slash
      /         : a slash
    ){5}        : group must appear 5 times
  )             : end group 1
  .*            : 0 or more any character
$               : end of line

Replacement:

$1          : content of group 1 (ie. everything before the 5th slash)

Result for given example:

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/

Answer 2

Quite simple formula, although I agree with @Scott Holtzman that you should show some effort before posting question here. In Excel enter this formula in cell B1 if your links are in cell A1.

=IFERROR(LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/","~~~~",5),FIND("~~~~",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"/","~~~~",5),1)-1)&"/",A1)