diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 07f842ab..60742f92 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export(regex)
 export(str_c)
 export(str_conv)
 export(str_count)
+export(str_dedent)
 export(str_detect)
 export(str_dup)
 export(str_ends)
diff --git a/R/remove.R b/R/remove.R
index a943cede..80825f45 100644
--- a/R/remove.R
+++ b/R/remove.R
@@ -19,3 +19,56 @@ str_remove <- function(string, pattern) {
 str_remove_all <- function(string, pattern) {
   str_replace_all(string, pattern, "")
 }
+
+
+#' Remove common leading indentation from strings
+#' 
+#' This function is similar to Python's `dedent` function in the `textwrap` 
+#' library. It removes common leading indentation from strings.
+#' 
+#' @param text `character` The input string or character vector.
+#' @return The input string or character vector with leading indentation removed.
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' str_dedent("  Hello\n    World")
+#' 
+#' str_dedent("  Line 1\n  Line 2\n  Line 3")
+#' 
+#' str_dedent("No indentation")
+#' 
+#' str_dedent(
+#'     "
+#'     this
+#'     is
+#'         a
+#'     test
+#'     "
+#' )
+str_dedent <- function(text) {
+  lines <- str_split_1(text, fixed("\n"))
+  
+  # Determine the common leading whitespace
+  leading_ws <- ""
+  for (line in lines) {
+    # Ignore completely blank lines
+    if (str_detect(line, "^\\s*$")) {
+      next
+    }
+
+    ws <- str_extract(line, "^\\s+")
+    if (!is.na(ws)) {
+      leading_ws <- ws
+      break
+    }
+  }
+  
+  if (is.null(leading_ws)) {
+    return(text)
+  }
+  
+  # Remove the common leading whitespace from each line
+  dedented_lines <- str_replace_all(lines, paste0("^", leading_ws), "")
+  
+  # Combine the lines back into a single string
+  paste(dedented_lines, collapse = "\n")
+}
diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
index 741e9dee..19dc1905 100644
--- a/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ reference:
 - subtitle: String
   contents:
   - str_count
+  - str_dedent
   - str_detect
   - str_escape
   - str_extract
diff --git a/man/str_dedent.Rd b/man/str_dedent.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9584a20b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/str_dedent.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/remove.R
+\name{str_dedent}
+\alias{str_dedent}
+\title{Remove common leading indentation from strings}
+\usage{
+str_dedent(text)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{text}{\code{character} The input string or character vector.}
+}
+\value{
+The input string or character vector with leading indentation removed.
+}
+\description{
+This function is similar to Python's \code{dedent} function in the \code{textwrap}
+library. It removes common leading indentation from strings.
+}
+\examples{
+str_dedent("  Hello\n    World")
+
+str_dedent("  Line 1\n  Line 2\n  Line 3")
+
+str_dedent("No indentation")
+
+str_dedent(
+    "
+    this
+    is
+        a
+    test
+    "
+)
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-remove.R b/tests/testthat/test-remove.R
index 04f6aa52..fc027428 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-remove.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-remove.R
@@ -2,3 +2,17 @@ test_that("succesfully wraps str_replace_all", {
   expect_equal(str_remove_all("abababa", "ba"), "a")
   expect_equal(str_remove("abababa", "ba"), "ababa")
 })
+
+test_that("successfully dedent str_dedent",{
+  expect_equal(str_dedent("  Hello\n    World"), "Hello\n  World")
+  expect_equal(str_dedent("  Line 1\n  Line 2\n  Line 3"), "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3")
+  expect_equal(str_dedent("No indentation"), "No indentation")
+  expect_equal(str_dedent(
+      "
+      this
+      is
+          a
+      test
+      "
+  ), "\nthis\nis\n    a\ntest\n")
+})