Use this to remove a common prefix from all meta data keys in the current workflow. This can be handy, if a lot of meta data keys are entered from an external resource, when the workflow was called. So to make it easier to refer to the meta data keys, that was externally provided with a huge, common prefix, you can use this to cut off this common prefix.
The advanced, utilities workflow component has this parameter:
Meta data prefix
The common prefix, that is to be removed from all meta data keys in the current workflow.