diff --git a/plugins/plugins.go b/plugins/plugins.go
index 05b8bb4..505f6b6 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ func ToMe(user, message string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(message, u)
 }
 
+// RemoveName removes the friendly name from a given message
+func RemoveName(user, message string) string {
+	n := NameRE.ReplaceAllString(user, "$1")
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(message, n + ": ", "")
+}
+
 // HTTPRequest has the bits for making http requests
 type HTTPRequest struct {
 	Client  http.Client
diff --git a/plugins/plugins_test.go b/plugins/plugins_test.go
index 46927ab..38cc6df 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins_test.go
+++ b/plugins/plugins_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ func TestPluginsNameRE(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPluginsRemoveName(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := "this is for you"
+	n := RemoveName("mctest", fmt.Sprintf("mctest: %s", expected))
+	if n != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q; got %q\n", expected, n)
+	}
+}
+
 type testResp struct {
 	Name string `json:"test"`
 }