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HTMLFormElement: reset() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The HTMLFormElement.reset() method restores a form element's default values. This method does the same thing as clicking the form's <input type="reset"> control.

If a form control (such as a reset button) has a name or id of reset it will mask the form's reset method. It does not reset other attributes in the input, such as disabled.

Note that if setAttribute() is called to set the value of a particular attribute, a subsequent call to reset() won't reset the attribute to its default value, but instead will keep the attribute at whatever value the setAttribute() call set it to.

Syntax

reset()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

document.getElementById("my-form").reset();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
reset 1 12 1 8 3 18 4 10.1 1 1.0 4.4 1

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLFormElement/reset