# Clearing text fields on a form?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-text-fields-on-a-form/14164>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 22, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-text-fields-on-a-form/14164 "2003-02-22T17:31:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sauce2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Sauce2k](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sauce2k)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-text-fields-on-a-form/14164/1 "2003-02-22T17:31:52Z")

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Is there any action script which clears input text fields?

My text variables are called:

yourname

youremail

yourmessage

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-text-fields-on-a-form/14164/2 "2003-02-22T18:43:52Z")

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I guess that your trying to clear the text on the textfield, if so, then it would look like:

yourname = “”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/clearing-text-fields-on-a-form/14164/3 "2003-02-22T19:38:06Z")

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thx a lot bro!