How Do I Clear The Input Type File Field?

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I am using

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$('#file').val('');

But it is not supporting in IE. Is there any alternative of doing this?

Posted 26-Apr-15 20:29pm

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Try $('#file').attr('value','');

Posted 26-Apr-15 20:37pm

Updated 26-Apr-15 20:38pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-26T20:51:00

try this

JavaScript

$("#file1").replaceWith($("#file1").clone());

Posted 26-Apr-15 20:51pm

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dirtyshooter 27-Apr-15 3:26am

thanks Karthik.. That really worked.

Karthik_Mahalingam 27-Apr-15 4:23am

Welcome Abhinav :)