diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
index 4679c5a05d..3845946ce9 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.cpp
@@ -1115,6 +1115,21 @@ QByteArray qUncompress(const uchar* data, qsizetype nbytes)
     squeeze().
 */
 
+/*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Removes from the byte array the characters in the half-open range
+    [ \a first , \a last ). Returns an iterator to the character
+    referred to by \a last before the erase.
+*/
+QByteArray::iterator QByteArray::erase(QByteArray::const_iterator first, QByteArray::const_iterator last)
+{
+    const auto start = std::distance(cbegin(), first);
+    const auto len = std::distance(first, last);
+    remove(start, len);
+    return begin() + start;
+}
+
 /*! \fn QByteArray::QByteArray(const QByteArray &other)
 
     Constructs a copy of \a other.
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
index 9f646aaa62..e185887ad7 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qbytearray.h
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ public:
     void push_front(QByteArrayView a)
     { prepend(a); }
     void shrink_to_fit() { squeeze(); }
+    iterator erase(const_iterator first, const_iterator last);
 
     static inline QByteArray fromStdString(const std::string &s);
     inline std::string toStdString() const;
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
index dd00456fb2..cc2c093cea 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.cpp
@@ -8512,6 +8512,21 @@ bool QString::isRightToLeft() const
     Appends the given \a ch character onto the end of this string.
 */
 
+/*!
+    \since 6.1
+
+    Removes from the string the characters in the half-open range
+    [ \a first , \a last ). Returns an iterator to the character
+    referred to by \a last before the erase.
+*/
+QString::iterator QString::erase(QString::const_iterator first, QString::const_iterator last)
+{
+    const auto start = std::distance(cbegin(), first);
+    const auto len = std::distance(first, last);
+    remove(start, len);
+    return begin() + start;
+}
+
 /*! \fn void QString::shrink_to_fit()
     \since 5.10
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
index 013b367b5c..fa4eeb0367 100644
--- a/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
+++ b/src/corelib/text/qstring.h
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ public:
     inline void push_front(QChar c) { prepend(c); }
     inline void push_front(const QString &s) { prepend(s); }
     void shrink_to_fit() { squeeze(); }
+    iterator erase(const_iterator first, const_iterator last);
 
     static inline QString fromStdString(const std::string &s);
     inline std::string toStdString() const;