<script> function clearWithReset() { document.getElementById("form").reset(); } function clearBySettingValue() { document.getElementById("file").value = ""; } function clearBySettingValueToNull() { document.getElementById("file").value = null; } function clearBySettingValueToX() { document.getElementById("file").value = "x"; } </script> <p>Use this to test the various ways you can clear an input type=file element.</p> <form id="form"> <p>Choose a file here: <input type="file" id="file"></input></p> <p>Then press one of these buttons, that should clear the file: <input type="button" value="clear with reset()" onclick="clearWithReset()"> <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to ''" onclick="clearBySettingValue()"></p> <p>Or press this button that should clear the file, but won't, due to <a href="http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13448">bug 13448</a>: <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to null" onclick="clearBySettingValueToNull()"></p> <p>Or press this button to verify we can't set to a non-empty value: <input type="button" value="clear by setting value to 'x'" onclick="clearBySettingValueToX()"></p> </form>