One of the most useful features to provide in a Form Control in a Canvas Power App is the ability to “Clear/Reset a Form” and “Clear a Field value”.

Let’s look at how Power Apps’ existing feature can help you achieve this.

Clear Field

Let’s say Description field is a lengthy field and often times, you want to clear the entire field instead of just backspacing the entire field.

1. Let’s say Description is a DataCardValue in a typical form. Usually Descriptions are lengthy and need to be cleared if you go wrong. So, every form field value is stored in a data card value field.
   
   
2. On the right hand properties, look for Clear Field option from the list of Text Input properties.
   
   
3. Notice that a X appears on the field when in focus/active. So when you make a mistake in a field, click on it to clear that field.
   
   
4. And it get’s cleared.
   
   
   This didn’t work in Multi-Line Text Box. Not sure if it’s a bug or not supported yet. I’ll confirm and update here.

Reset Form

Fairly basic way to clear out an entire form is to use a button to do so.

1. A suitable approach is to add a ResetForm(<FormName>) function. I’ve put a sample button that denotes a reload/reset logo which I selected from Icons.
   
   
   
2. Now, let’s say I want to clear this form.
   
   
3. The form will be cleared.
   
   

Here’s a short YouTube video I created to demonstrate this –

Hope this quick tip helps!!

Here are some more Canvas Power App posts you might want to check –

1. Get Dynamics 365 field metadata in a Canvas App using DataSourceInfo function | Common Data Service
2. Debug Published Canvas Power App with other users using Monitor | Power Platform
3. Download a File from a Canvas Power App using a button | Power Platform
4. AddColumns() function to dynamically add columns to a Data table in Canvas Power App | SharePoint List
5. Implement real-time search in Gallery of CDS records in a Canvas Power App | Power Platform
6. Log Canvas Power App telemetry data in Azure Application Insights | Power Apps
7. Call HTTP Request from a Canvas Power App using Flow and get back Response | Power Automate
8. Implement character length validation in a Canvas Power App | Power Platform
9. Send a Power App Push Notification using Flow to open a record in Canvas App | Power Automate
10. Count of total CDS records returned in a Canvas Power App connection [Quick Tip]

Thank you!