# Empty a text box

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/empty-a-text-box/156229>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 24, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/empty-a-text-box/156229 "2005-07-24T03:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zimmermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f19dbf/32.png) [@Zimmermann](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zimmermann)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2005, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/empty-a-text-box/156229/1 "2005-07-24T03:11:03Z")

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This should be easy so answer:

How do I empty a dynamic text box?

I’ve tried  
\_root.textbox = “”;  
but it doesn’t work and I can’t really come up with other ways ☹