C = {'JAK2';'JAKKVAR2KL';'JAKAKR8DW';'JAKK4';'JAK19';'JAKNUI87YU';'JAK0'}; D = strrep(C, 'JAK', '')
strtok splits the string, when the key occurs. But you want to delete the key. Then strrep with an empty string works.
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