---
title: clear
categories: |
  platform
version: 0.104.0
platform: |
  Clear the terminal.
usage: |
  Clear the terminal.
editLink: false
contributors: false
---
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# `clear` for [platform](/commands/categories/platform.md)

<div class='command-title'>Clear the terminal.</div>

## Signature

```> clear {flags} ```

## Flags

 -  `--keep-scrollback, -k`: Do not clear the scrollback history


## Input/output types:

| input   | output  |
| ------- | ------- |
| nothing | nothing |
## Examples

Clear the terminal
```nu
> clear

```

Clear the terminal but not its scrollback history
```nu
> clear --keep-scrollback

```

## Notes
By default clears the current screen and the off-screen scrollback buffer.