How to remove the last character from a string?

Why not just one liner?

public static String removeLastChar(String str) {
    return removeLastChars(str, 1);
}

public static String removeLastChars(String str, int chars) {
    return str.substring(0, str.length() - chars);
}

Full Code

public class Main {
    public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception {
        String s1 = "Remove Last CharacterY";
        String s2 = "Remove Last Character2";
        System.out.println("After removing s1==" + removeLastChar(s1) + "==");
        System.out.println("After removing s2==" + removeLastChar(s2) + "==");
    }
    
    public static String removeLastChar(String str) {
        return removeLastChars(str, 1);
    }

    public static String removeLastChars(String str, int chars) {
        return str.substring(0, str.length() - chars);
    }
}

Demo

replace will replace all instances of a letter. All you need to do is use substring():

public String method(String str) {
    if (str != null && str.length() > 0 && str.charAt(str.length() - 1) == 'x') {
        str = str.substring(0, str.length() - 1);
    }
    return str;
}