# Javascript textfield

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-textfield/159945
**Category:** web dev
**Created:** [August 22, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-textfield/159945 "2005-08-22T06:57:05Z")
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### Author: ![adityadubey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@adityadubey](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/adityadubey)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/javascript-textfield/159945/1 "2005-08-22T06:57:05Z")

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I already have a value in a textfield that says “email”. How can I make the value empty on focus?