Notepad ++ How to remove all characters standing before a specific character

I searched all around but couldn't find any solutions.

I have:

<option value="1">Advertising
<option value="11">Aerospace
<option value="12">Agriculture
<option value="13">Architecture/Urban Planning
<option value="14">Arts
<option value="15">Automotive
<option value="16">Banking
<option value="17">Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
<option value="18">Business Services
<option value="19">Chemicals

I want delete all of text before the "> so the unnecessary text like <option value="1"> will be gone, only the Job type name such as Advertising being kept. How can I do it?

Solution

Use a regular expression search.

Type ctrl-H to open the search-and-replace dialog.
Make sure that "Regular expression" is checked.
Put this in the "Find what" box: ^[^>]*>
Make sure that "Replace with" box is empty
Click on "Replace All"

Done!

Explanation: The regular expression can be broken down as follows:

^ — match the start of a line
[^>] — match any character that is not the > character
* — repeat the previous as many times as possible
> — match a > character