diff --git a/AK/String.h b/AK/String.h
index c6e6e468b4..0e11bcd7bb 100644
--- a/AK/String.h
+++ b/AK/String.h
@@ -119,9 +119,14 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] bool is_whitespace() const { return StringUtils::is_whitespace(*this); }
 
 #ifndef KERNEL
+    [[nodiscard]] String trim(const StringView& characters, TrimMode mode = TrimMode::Both) const
+    {
+        return StringUtils::trim(view(), characters, mode);
+    }
+
     [[nodiscard]] String trim_whitespace(TrimMode mode = TrimMode::Both) const
     {
-        return StringUtils::trim_whitespace(StringView { characters(), length() }, mode);
+        return StringUtils::trim_whitespace(view(), mode);
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/AK/StringUtils.cpp b/AK/StringUtils.cpp
index 37e5f6f9c7..18743b1521 100644
--- a/AK/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/AK/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ bool is_whitespace(const StringView& str)
     return true;
 }
 
-StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& str, TrimMode mode)
+StringView trim(const StringView& str, const StringView& characters, TrimMode mode)
 {
     size_t substring_start = 0;
     size_t substring_length = str.length();
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& str, TrimMode mode)
         for (size_t i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i) {
             if (substring_length == 0)
                 return "";
-            if (!isspace(str[i]))
+            if (!characters.contains(str[i]))
                 break;
             ++substring_start;
             --substring_length;
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& str, TrimMode mode)
         for (size_t i = str.length() - 1; i > 0; --i) {
             if (substring_length == 0)
                 return "";
-            if (!isspace(str[i]))
+            if (!characters.contains(str[i]))
                 break;
             --substring_length;
         }
@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@ StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& str, TrimMode mode)
     return str.substring_view(substring_start, substring_length);
 }
 
+StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& str, TrimMode mode)
+{
+    return trim(str, " \n\t\v\f\r", mode);
+}
+
 Optional<size_t> find(const StringView& haystack, const StringView& needle)
 {
     return AK::memmem_optional(
diff --git a/AK/StringUtils.h b/AK/StringUtils.h
index ae4f490e54..a7f7ac2881 100644
--- a/AK/StringUtils.h
+++ b/AK/StringUtils.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ bool ends_with(const StringView& a, const StringView& b, CaseSensitivity);
 bool starts_with(const StringView&, const StringView&, CaseSensitivity);
 bool contains(const StringView&, const StringView&, CaseSensitivity);
 bool is_whitespace(const StringView&);
-StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView&, TrimMode mode);
+StringView trim(const StringView& string, const StringView& characters, TrimMode mode);
+StringView trim_whitespace(const StringView& string, TrimMode mode);
 Optional<size_t> find(const StringView& haystack, const StringView& needle);
 String to_snakecase(const StringView&);
 
diff --git a/AK/StringView.h b/AK/StringView.h
index dab15292fb..d7738f08ed 100644
--- a/AK/StringView.h
+++ b/AK/StringView.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] bool contains(const StringView&, CaseSensitivity = CaseSensitivity::CaseSensitive) const;
     [[nodiscard]] bool equals_ignoring_case(const StringView& other) const;
 
+    [[nodiscard]] StringView trim(const StringView& characters, TrimMode mode = TrimMode::Both) const { return StringUtils::trim(*this, characters, mode); }
     [[nodiscard]] StringView trim_whitespace(TrimMode mode = TrimMode::Both) const { return StringUtils::trim_whitespace(*this, mode); }
 
     Optional<size_t> find_first_of(char) const;