Python's .strip() method removes whitespace characters from both ends of a string.You can pass a string argument to .strip() to remove different characters instead of just whitespace..strip() does not remove whitespace from the middle of a string.Using .lstrip() and .rstrip() allows you to remove characters from one side of the string only.All three methods, .strip(), .lstrip(), and .rstrip(), remove character sets, not sequences..removeprefix() and .removesuffix() can be used to strip character sequences from the start or end of a string.The .strip() method is useful for cleaning user input, standardizing filenames, and preparing data for storage.You can use .strip() to clean messy text gathered through web scraping or other sources.The method .strip() efficiently removes unwanted spaces, tabs, and newline characters from strings.Passing specific characters as an argument to .strip() allows for removing them from both ends of a string.