# Search UI Clear SearchBox Option

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-ui-clear-searchbox-option/242120>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-ui-clear-searchbox-option/242120 "2020-07-22T01:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![JasonStoltz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasonstoltz/32/49893_2.png) [@JasonStoltz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JasonStoltz)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-ui-clear-searchbox-option/242120/2 "2020-07-22T11:23:45Z")

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Hey @M_M. The method you would use to clear the searchbox is `setSearchTerm`. You would pass an empty string. [https://github.com/elastic/search-ui/blob/master/ADVANCED.md#actions](https://github.com/elastic/search-ui/blob/master/ADVANCED.md#actions)

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