How can I replace a string in parentheses using a regex?

Question

I have a string:

HLN (Formerly Headline News)

I want to remove everything inside the parens and the parens themselves, leaving only:

<

Answer 1

String foo = "bar (baz)";
String boz = foo.replaceAll("\\(.+\\)", ""); // or replaceFirst

boz is now "bar "