Set.prototype.clear()

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 clear() method of Set instances removes all elements from this set.

Try it

const set = new Set(); set.add(1); set.add("foo"); console.log(set.size); // Expected output: 2 set.clear(); console.log(set.size); // Expected output: 0 

Syntax

js
clear() 

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Using the clear() method

js
const mySet = new Set(); mySet.add(1); mySet.add("foo"); console.log(mySet.size); // 2 console.log(mySet.has("foo")); // true mySet.clear(); console.log(mySet.size); // 0 console.log(mySet.has("foo")); // false 

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification
# sec-set.prototype.clear

Browser compatibility

See also