code: private void removeTextWithinDeleteSpans(@NonNull Editable text) {
          DeleteSpan[] deleteSpans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), DeleteSpan.class);
          for (DeleteSpan span : deleteSpans) {
              int spanStart = text.getSpanStart(span);
              int spanEnd = text.getSpanEnd(span);
              text.replace(spanStart, spanEnd, "");
              text.removeSpan(span);
          }
      }
docs: Removes any {@link com.linkedin.android.spyglass.ui.MentionsEditText.DeleteSpan}s and the text within them from
  the given text.
  
  @param text the editable containing DeleteSpans to remove