using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
public static void Main()
string input = "John + Daniels";
string withSpecialCharacter = string.Concat("\b" + " + Daniels" + "\b");
StringBuilder tempString = new StringBuilder();
tempString.AppendFormat(@"{0}", withSpecialCharacter);
string finalString = tempString.ToString();
string result = Regex.Replace(input, finalString, "");
Console.WriteLine(result);