javascript - Remove '=' character from a string -

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i have string follows:

var string = "=09e8d76c-c54c-32e1-a98e-7e654d32ec1f"; 

how remove '=' character this? i've tried couple of different ways '=' character seems causing conflict

if it's first character work...

var string = "=09e8d76c-c54c-32e1-a98e-7e654d32ec1f".substring(1); 

if it's not first character work...

var string = "=09e8d76c-c54c-32e1-a98e-7e654d32ec1f".replace("=", ""); 

if it's in there more once work...

var string = "=09e8d76c-c54c-32e1-a98e-7e654d32ec1f".split("=").join("");