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Clear an element's value

Example Usage

MobileElement element = (MobileElement) driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("SomeAccessibilityID");
element.clear();

self.driver.find_element(by=AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, value="SomeAccessibilityID").clear()

// webdriver.io example
$("~SomeAccessibilityId").clearValue();

// wd example
let element = await driver.elementByAccessibilityId("SomeAccessibilityID");
await element.clear();

# ruby_lib example
find_element(:accessibility_id, "SomeAccessibilityID").clear

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.find_element(:accessibility_id, "SomeAccessibilityID").clear

var element = driver.FindElementByAccessibilityId("SomeAccessibilityID");
element.Clear();

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac ?+ 1.6.4+ All
Windows Windows 10+ 1.6.0+ All

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All seleniumhq.github.io
Python All selenium-python.readthedocs.io
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /session/:session_id/element/:element_id/clear

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to
element_id ID of the element to clear.

JSON Parameters

None

Response

null

See Also