# How to clear form on return?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clear-form-on-return/47998>\
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**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clear-form-on-return/47998 "2004-04-08T22:59:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![joecastro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joecastro](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/joecastro)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-clear-form-on-return/47998/1 "2004-04-08T22:59:16Z")

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hey people of [kirupa.com](http://kirupa.com) forums, I have a simple javascript problem, a user fills in his email and clicks submit - he is taken to the ‘thank you’ page when he clicks back to go back to the page he was on his email address is still there. how do I make it reset to its orignal value which was ‘submit email’ any ideas - onload doesnt seem to to do it…

many thanks kind sirs…  
:jail: