NP++: Regular expression to find square brackets

Question

How can I search for a string like this:

[safdsadsadsadad]

Criterion is: Opening square bracket and the first closing square bracket after ist. And replace the complete string by nothing (thats clear). My problem is: How to search for squre brackets as strings, as square brackets have a meta-meaning for regular expressions?

Answer 1

In Notepad++ you can try this: \[\w+\], you can escape special scharacters with \

Answer 2

Have a try with:

Find what: \[[^[\]]*\]
Replace with: Nothing