How to skip first row when importing file

you can implement the StartingRow

use Maatwebsite\Excel\Concerns\WithStartRow;

class VotersImport implements ToModel, WithStartRow
{
    /**
     * @return int
     */
    public function startRow(): int
    {
        return 2;
    }
}

Another option would be to use HeadingRow https://docs.laravel-excel.com/3.1/imports/heading-row.html

Add this code before load the Excel file. it works for me.

config(['excel.import.startRow' => your_number_of_row_to_skip]);

Ex:

$path = $request->file('select_file')->getRealPath();
config(['excel.import.startRow' => 4]);
$data = Excel::load($path)->get();